Jimmy Webb's Quotes
Born: 1946-08-15
Profession: Composer
Nation: American
Biography of Jimmy Webb
The creative processes are so mysterious.
Tags: Creative, Mysterious, ProcessesThe people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs.
Tags: Making, Money, WritingAs I've grown - dare I say it - older, I had hopes of indulging my dreams of being a sailor.
Tags: Dare, Dreams, OlderI believe strongly in inspiration, inspiration literally meaning 'full of the spirit.' I do believe that it comes to you.
Tags: Full, Meaning, SpiritI like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially in songs.
Tags: Against, Together, WordsIt's very hard for me to think about my songs and attribute some significance to them.
Tags: Attribute, Hard, SongsYou reach a certain point in your life where they things you do and say do make a difference.
Tags: Difference, Life, PointI rode all around Hollywood listening to Donna Summer, looking out the window - all by myself - just going, 'I'm number one!' It's a pretty extraordinary feeling.
Tags: Feeling, Looking, PrettyI think it's prima facie evidence for the existence of God because for me to grow up and actually end up working with Glen Campbell is almost unbelievable.
Tags: End, God, WorkingI've been fortunate that when Frank Sinatra was in concert, he would say, 'Here's a song by a wonderful young songwriter, Jimmy Webb,' and I'd be in the front row and stand up. That gets people talking about you.
Tags: Here, Wonderful, YoungWhen I started out, I was absolutely awful, I had no voice, I didn't have a lot of stage presence and most of the interpretive intensity that I brought to the experience was actually terror.
Tags: Actually, Experience, Started