Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can’t sing, I call a poem.
BOB DYLANI’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 picture you have in your mind of what you’re about will come true.
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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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I’ll remember you. When I’ve forgotten all the rest.You to me were true. You to me were the best.
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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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No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.
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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.
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Peace is the time it takes to reload your rifle.
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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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I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
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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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Dealing with my own life takes priority over other people dealing with my life.
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God, I’m glad I’m not me.
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A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding.
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May your heart always be joyful. May your song always be sung.
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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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