You don’t necessarily have to write to be a poet. Some people work in gas stations and they’re poets. I don’t call myself a poet, because I don’t like the word. I’m a trapeze artist.
BOB DYLANMusic can save people, but it can’t in the commercial way it’s being used. It’s just too much. It’s pollution.
More Bob Dylan Quotes
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The real power is in the hands of small groups of people and I don’t think they have titles.
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When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it – don’t back down and don’t give up – then you’re going to mystify a lot of folks.
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I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.
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Your mind is a your temple, keep it beautiful and free. Don’t let an egg get laid in it by something you can’t see.
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Music attracts the angels in the universe.
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People have a hard time accepting anything that overwhelms them.
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A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding.
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Behind every beautiful thing, there’s some kind of pain.
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I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
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Creativity has a lot to do with the main idea. Inspiration is what comes when you are dealing with the idea. But inspiration won’t invite what’s not there to begin with.
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People are crazy and times are strange. I used to care but things have changed
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Technology to wipe out truth is now available. Not everybody can afford it but it’s available. When the cost comes down, look out!
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God, I’m glad I’m not me.
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I’ve never been able to understand the seriousness of it all, the seriousness of pride. People talk, act, live as if they’re never going to die. And what do they leave behind? Nothing. Nothing but a mask.
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Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can’t sing, I call a poem.
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