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Bob Dylan Quotes

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All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

Bullying, Purpose, Can Do

Bob Dylan (2007). “Dylan on Dylan: The Essential Interviews”, Hodder & Stoughton

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Life, Break Up, Music

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

We have never arrived. We are in a constant state of becoming.

Yoga, Becoming, States

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.

Strong, Growing Up, Light

Song: Forever Young, Album: Planet Waves, 1974

May your heart always be joyful. May your song always be sung.

Song, Heart, May

Song: Forever Young

The purpose of art is to stop time.

Life, Time, Art

If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.

Inspirational, Positive, Memories

Steal a little and they throw you in jail Steal a lot and they make you king.

Kings, Jail, Politics

"Sweetheart Like You". Song by Bob Dylan, bobdylan.com. 1983.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

Education, Song, Criticism

The Times They Are A-Changing (1964 song)

Everything passes, Everything changes, Just do what you think you should do.

Change, Thinking, Should

Song: To Ramona, Album: Another Side of Bob Dylan, 1964

Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.

Mean, Understanding, Sometimes

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

Sad, Beautiful, Pain

Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on.

Sunglasses, Biting, Lips

Bob Dylan (2011). “Chronicles”, p.130, Simon and Schuster

You always got to be prepared but you never know for what.

Be Prepared, Prepared, Knows

Song: Sugar Baby

How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?

Song, Men, Unanswered Questions

Song: Blowing In The Wind, Album: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Courage, Freedom, Hero

Interview published with the "Biograph" album set, 1985.

Sometimes the silence can be like thunder.

Silence, Sometimes, Thunder

Song: Love Sick, Album: Time Out Of Mind, 1997

The purpose of music is to elevate the spirit and inspire. Not to help push some product down your throat. It puts you in tune with your own existence. Sometimes you really don't know how you feel, but really good music can define how you feel... someone who's telling me where he's been that I haven't and what it's like there - somebody whose life I can feel.

Inspire, Tunes, Purpose

Time is an ocean, but it ends at the shore.

Philosophy, Ocean, Ends

Song: Oh, Sister, Album: Desire

Creativity has much to do with experience, observation and imagination, and if any one of those key elements is missing, it doesn't work.

Creativity, Keys, Imagination

Bob Dylan (2011). “Chronicles”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

If you need somebody you can trust, trust yourself

Needs, Trust Yourself, Adages

Song: Trust Yourself, Album: Empire Burlesque, 1985

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.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

You're going to die. You're going to be dead. It could be 20 years, it could be tomorrow, anytime. So am I. I mean, we're just going to be gone. The world's going to go on without us. All right, now. You do your job in the face of that, and how seriously you take yourself, you decide for yourself.

Jobs, Mean, Years

"I pity the poor journalist" by Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. December 3, 2004.

You get older. You start having hopes for other people rather than yourself.

People, Having Hope

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

Hippie, Blow, Wind

FaceBook post by Bob Dylan from Feb 10, 2010

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