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.
BOB DYLANHalf of the people can be part right all of the time, Some of the people can be all right part of the time. I think Abraham Lincoln said that. ‘I’ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours,’ I said that.
More Bob Dylan Quotes
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You can always come back, but you can’t come back all the way.
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People have a hard time accepting anything that overwhelms them.
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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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No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.
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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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Steal a little and they throw you in jail Steal a lot and they make you king.
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My songs always sound a lot better in person than they do on the record.
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Don’t matter how much money you got, there’s only two kinds of people: there’s saved people and there’s lost people.
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Sometimes the silence can be like thunder.
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I started writing songs after I heard Hank Williams.
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If you need somebody you can trust, trust yourself
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There is nothing so stable as change.
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I don’t think I’m tangible to myself.
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People are crazy and times are strange. I used to care but things have changed
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People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
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May your heart always be joyful. May your song always be sung.
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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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Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can’t sing, I call a poem.
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A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding.
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I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.
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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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Half of the people can be part right all of the time, Some of the people can be all right part of the time. I think Abraham Lincoln said that. ‘I’ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours,’ I said that.
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It’s not important what other people call you. If you yourself know you’re a fake, that’s tougher to live with.
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Keep a good head and always carry a light bulb.
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Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.
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Let me ask you one question Is your money that good Will it buy you forgiveness Do you think that it could I think you will find When your death takes its toll All the money you made Will never buy back your soul
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