I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.
BOB DYLANThis land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.
More Bob Dylan Quotes
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Sometimes it’s not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don’t mean.
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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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You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
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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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All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.
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God, I’m glad I’m not me.
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If you need somebody you can trust, trust yourself
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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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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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No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.
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To live outside the law, you must be honest.
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There is nothing so stable as change.
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They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.
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All the money you made will never buy back your soul.
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May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong, may you stay forever young.
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I believe that instinct is what makes a genius a genius.
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Don’t criticize what you can’t understand.
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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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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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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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Dealing with my own life takes priority over other people dealing with my life.
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People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
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Creativity has much to do with experience, observation and imagination, and if any one of those key elements is missing, it doesn’t work.
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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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You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more.
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I was born a long way from where I belong and I am on my way home.
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