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.
BOB DYLANHere’s the thing with me and the religious thing. This is the flat-out truth: I find the religiosity and philosophy in the music. I don’t find it anywhere else.
More Bob Dylan Quotes
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Peace is the time it takes to reload your rifle.
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Everything passes, Everything changes, Just do what you think you should do.
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To live outside the law, you must be honest.
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Democracy don’t rule the world, You’d better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that’s better left unsaid.
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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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The purpose of art is to stop time.
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I started writing songs after I heard Hank Williams.
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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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Sometimes it’s not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don’t mean.
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People have a hard time accepting anything that overwhelms them.
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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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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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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 always got to be prepared but you never know for what.
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Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on.
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I change during the course of a day. I wake and I’m one person, and when I go to sleep I know for certain I’m somebody else.
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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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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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The picture you have in your mind of what you’re about will come true.
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All I can do is be me, whoever that is.
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Sometimes the silence can be like thunder.
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Don’t criticize what you can’t understand.
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If you need somebody you can trust, trust yourself
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I really didn’t consider myself happy or unhappy.
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People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
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All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.
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