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
country music
Well, we play Country music; we're just not sure what country it is.
business count great looking optimistic propensity seems
There seems to be a great propensity in this business to write tear-jerkers, 'You-left-me' songs. I thought, 'Why don't I count my blessings by looking at what I have?' I'm pretty much an optimistic guy.
musical
Texas is where I found my musical self.
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.
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.
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.
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.
business ourselves running taking
Taking over our own business and running it ourselves has tied us even more to our fans.
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.
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.
good likes time
Our audience is really upbeat. Likes to have a good time. They're not introverted or shy.
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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.
bottom business forget line nashville
Nashville is the business center. They forget that the bottom line of it all is still the song.
In the '60s, I thought golf was bourgeois, so I didn't play at all for 20 years.