Speaking at California State University, Stanislaus’ Leadership Forum on Wednesday night in Modesto, California, Barbara Bush quoted Jimmy Buffett.

“There’s no question, I am the luckiest woman in the world,” she said.

“Wrinkles only go where smiles have been. … One look at my face, and you know I’ve led a happy life.”

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Steve Morse writes for the Boston Globe about Jimmy’s surge into country music.

Jimmy Buffett may be a beach-bum troubadour to his Parrothead fans, but he’s Nashville’s newest icon. Country stars have signed up in droves to sing with him ever since he and Alan Jackson scored a No. 1 hit with It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere, a hedonistic anthem that fits Buffett’s slap-happy escapism.

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Rolling Stone reports that Jimmy Buffett came in at number five on their annual list of music top fifty earners. Buffett rose 12 places this year, bringing in 36.5 million. In 2003 he came in at number 17. Ahead of him were Prince, Madonna, Metallica, and Elton John.

The article also mentions that Buffett’s Margaritaville chain of retail stores, nightclubs and restaurants generates an eight-figure income.

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