Jim Croce Quotations

There's something about approaching universal truths with the simplicity of the acoustic guitar. You can take it anywhere, and it helps me reach listeners of all ages and walks of life.

I'm no missionary, and I can't wear any armor, either. I just gotta be the way I am.

I never really thought of my neighborhood in South Philly as being a neighborhood; it was more a state of mind. For people who aren't familiar with those kinds of places, it's a whole different thing. Like, 42nd Street in New York City is a state of mind.

If you dig it, do it. If you really dig it, do it twice.

She might be nasty, she might be fat, but I never met a person who would tell her that.

If I had time in a bottle, if words could make wishes come true, I'd save everyday for eternity passes. And then I would spend them with you.

He cast his eyes upon her and the trouble soon began, cause Leroy Brown learned a lesson about messing with the wife of a jealous man.

They wouldn't listen to the fact that I was genius.

Nobody loves a fat girl, but oh how a fat girl can love.

Lost my ideals in that tunnel of time.

Tried to find me an executive position, but no matter how smooth I talked they wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius.

He's bad, bad Leroy Brown, baddest dude in the whole damn town, badder than old King Kong, and meaner than a junk yard dog.

I've looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with.

I was searching all the time for something that I'd never lost or left behind.

Well I should be sitting in an air-conditioned office in a swivel chair, talking trash to the secretary. Saying, hey now mama, come on over here.

Every time I tried to tell you the words just came out wrong, so I'll have to say I love you in a song.

I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well. I only wish my words could just convince myself that it just wasn't real. But that's not the way it feels.

Well, you don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind. You don't pull on the mask of old Lone Ranger and you don't mess around with Jim.

If I had a box just for wishes and dreams that had never come true, the box would be empty, except for the memory of how they were answered by you.

If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that I'd like to do Is to save every day

Nobody ever had a rainbow baby until they had the rain

Moving ahead, so life won’t pass me by.

A fool I am and I'll always be. They can change their minds, but they can't change me.

There' something about universal truths with the simplicity of the acoustic guitar. You can take it anywhere and it helps me reach listeners of all ages and walks of life.

My only boss was the clock on the wall and my only friend, never really was a friend at all. I've traded love for pennies, sold my soul for less. Lost my ideas in that long tunnel of time. And I've turned inside out and around about and back and then found myself right back where I started again

Bridges are meant for burning, when the people and memories they join aren't the same.

If you dig it, do it. If you dig it a lot, do it twice.

After all, it’s what we’ve done that makes us what we are.