Jerry Jeff Walker
Jerry Jeff Walker
Jerry Jeff Walkeris an American country music singer and songwriter. Best known for writing the song "Mr. Bojangles", Walker's prolific music career and widespread musical influence have made him an iconic fixture of the Texas country music scene...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth16 March 1942
CountryUnited States of America
business follow further liked songs sort
I don't try to write songs that will further my career. I write about things that I care about. I don't have a career as much as I'm having an adventure with a guitar. I never liked the business way of doing it. You have to follow some sort of instinct.
figure ways
You have to figure out ways to do things on your own. I do my own thing, and I don't pay much attention to what anyone else is doing.
bottom business forget line nashville
Nashville is the business center. They forget that the bottom line of it all is still the song.
guys high played spent summers
I'm a Texan. Some of me is still nestled up there in the Catskill Mountains: the summers I spent with my grandfather on the farm and the guys I played basketball with in high school. But then that was it.
means taking
'Gonzo' means taking an unknown thing to an unknown place for a known purpose. But sometimes we're lost in an unknown place for no known purpose.
business fired good job late liked music playing stayed time
I always liked having a good time. I got into this business because I got fired from any job I ever had because I stayed out late playing music.
texans yorkers
New Yorkers have their own way of speaking, their own tempo, and Texans are a lot like that. As much as you think Texas is one thing and New York is another, they're very much the same.
musical
Texas is where I found my musical self.
places texans york
A lot of Texans go up to New York and stay there forever. If there are any two places with more individual characters, I don't know them.
running shapes staying
In the 80s I started running, staying in shape.
revenge hippie drinking
Drinking in a honky tonk, just kicking hippies asses and raising hell.
wall philosophy safe
Living safe behind a wall, never tasting life at all.
friendship packs ifs
If only you could pack up everything you love, and everyone who'd ever been your friend.
too-much way enough
The only way to know how much is enough, is to do too much, and then back up.