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Bob Dylan Quotes - Page 27

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A million faces at my feet but all I see are dark eyes.

A million faces at my feet but all I see are dark eyes.

Eye, Dark, Feet

Song: Dark Eyes, Album: Empire Burlesque, 1985

She never stumbles, she's got no place to fall. She's nobody's child, the law can't touch her at all.

Children, Fall, Law

Song: She Belongs To Me, Album: Bringing It All Back Home, 1965

Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum.

Song, Voice, Strings

Song: Lay Down Your Weary Tune, Album: Biograph

If you're looking to get silly, you better go back to from where you came. because the cops don't need you and man they expect the same.

Silly, Men, Needs

Bob Dylan (2014). “The Lyrics: Since 1962”, p.218, Simon and Schuster

Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast

Heart, Past, Moon

Song: If You See Her, Say Hello, 1975

Little red wagon, little red bike, I ain’t no monkey but I know what I like.

Littles, Monkeys, Red

Song: Buckets of Rain, Album: Blood on the Tracks, 1975

We are singing today of the WIPE-OUT GANG - the WIPE-OUT GANG buys, owns & operates the Insanity Factory - if you do not know where the Insanity Factory is located, you should hereby take two steps to the right, paint your teeth & go to sleep.

Sleep, Two, Insanity

Bob Dylan (2014). “The Lyrics: Since 1962”, p.204, Simon and Schuster

Upon four-legged forest clouds the cowboy angel rides

Angel, Cowboy, Clouds

Song: Gates of Eden, Album: Bringing It All Back Home, 1965

My favorite politician was Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, who reminded me of Tom Mix, and there wasn't any way to explain that to anybody.

Way, Arizona, Politician

Bob Dylan (2011). “Chronicles”, p.209, Simon and Schuster

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

Lying, Want, Way

Bob Dylan (2011). “Chronicles”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul.

Song, Heart, Soul

Song: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, Album: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963

Thinking of a series of dreams Where the time and the tempo fly And there's no exit in any direction 'Cept the one that you can't see with your eyes

Dream, Eye, Thinking

Song: Series of Dreams

It's not easy to define poetry.

Easy

"Bob Dylan Exclusive Interview: Reveals His Favorite Songwriters, Thoughts On His Own Cult Figure Status". Interview with Bill Flanagan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 16, 2009.

They're selling postcards of the hanging They're painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors The circus is in town Here comes the blind commissioner They've got him in a trance One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker The other is in his pants And the riot squad they're restless They need somewhere to go As Lady and I look out tonight From Desolation Row.

Hands, Squad, Needs

Song: Desolation Row, Album: Highway 61 Revisited, 1965

You can't imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high-rise multi-towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of life.

Music, Drifting Off, Kind

"Bob Dylan Sounds Off On The Origin Of His New Record, Parlor Music, Dr. Dre, And Who His Songs Are About". Interview with Bill Flanagan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 20, 2009.

There doesn't seem to be any tomorrow. Every time I wake up, no matter in what position, it's always been today.

Wake Up, Matter, Today

Bob Dylan (1995). “The fiddler now upspoke: a collection of Bob Dylan's interviews, press conferences and the like from throughout the masters career”

It's not dark yet But it's getting there

Dark

Song: Not Dark Yet, 1997

Night can swallow you up, yet none of it touches you. Around any corner, there's a promise of something daring and ideal and things are just getting going. There's something obscenely joyful behind every door, either that or somebody crying with their head in in their hands. A lazy rhythm looms in the dreamy air and the atmosphere pulsates with bygone duels, past-life romance, comrades requesting comrades to aid them in some way. You can't see it, but you know it's there

Past, Night, Air

People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations.

Book, People, Dimes

Song: Love Minus Zero, Album: Bringing All Back Home, 1965

If my thought-dreams could be seen/ They'd probably put my head in a guillotine.

Dream, Guillotine, My Thoughts

Song: It's Alright, Ma

You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent; God, the all-great; God, the Almighty; God, the most powerful; God, the giver of life; God, the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary.

Powerful, Mean, Hearing

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

A lot of people don't have much food on their table. But they got a lot of forks 'n knives. And they got to cut somethin'.

Cutting, Knives, People

I love Country Music but what happened to it?

Country, Country Love, Happened

Inside the museum infinity goes up on trial. Voices echo, 'This is what salvation must be like after a while.' But Mona Lisa must have had the highway blues; you can tell by the way she smiles.

Echoes, Museums, Voice

Song: Visions of Johanna

I don't think I've ever been an agnostic. I've always thought there's a superior power, that this is not the real world and that there's a world to come.

Real, Thinking, World

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

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