I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.
BOB DYLANCreativity 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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I started writing songs after I heard Hank Williams.
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I really didn’t consider myself happy or unhappy.
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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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All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.
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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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This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.
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You have to work out where your place is. And who you are. But we’re all spirit. That’s all we are, we’re just walking dressed up in a suit of skin, and we’re going to leave that behind.
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Now, each of us has his own special gift And you know this was meant to be true. And if you don’t underestimate me I won’t underestimate you.
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May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong, may you stay forever young.
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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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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’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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Sometimes the silence can be like thunder.
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Everybody’s wearing a disguise, to hide what they’ve got left behind their eyes.
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We have never arrived. We are in a constant state of becoming.
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