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 DYLANYou always got to be prepared but you never know for what.
More Bob Dylan Quotes
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There are things I could say. But I don’t.
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May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.
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If you need somebody you can trust, trust yourself
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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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The purpose of art is to stop time.
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I believe that instinct is what makes a genius a genius.
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What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
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An artist has got to be careful never really to arrive at a place where he thinks he’s AT somewhere. You always have to realize that you’re constantly in a state of becoming. And, as long as you can stay in that realm you’ll sort of be alright.
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Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than those who are most content.
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Sometimes the silence can be like thunder.
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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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If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.
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Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.
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I really didn’t consider myself happy or unhappy.
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I don’t think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking there’s some kind of change.
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