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Bob Dylan Quotes - Page 4

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You have to know that you're the best whether anybody else tells you that or not. And that you'll be around, in one way or another, longer than anybody else. Somewhere inside of you, you have to believe that.

You have to know that you're the best whether anybody else tells you that or not. And that you'll be around, in one way or another, longer than anybody else. Somewhere inside of you, you have to believe that.

Believe, Way, You Re The Best

All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.

Truth, Lying, Add

Song: Things Have Changed, Album: The Essential Bob Dylan, 2000

It's not important what other people call you. If you yourself know you're a fake, that's tougher to live with.

People, Fake, Important

Source: www.rightwingbob.com

the only thing i knew how to do was to keep on keeping on

Song: Tangled Up In Blue

An artist is always in the state of becoming.

Artist

Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

You have to work out where your place is. And who you are. But we're all spirit. That's all we are, we're just walking dressed up in a suit of skin, and we're going to leave that behind.

Work Out, Skins, Suits

Source: www.rightwingbob.com

If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure

Heart, Trying, Failing

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

God, I'm glad I'm not me.

Glad

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

No reason to get excited,' the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.

Thieves, Life Is, Excited

'All Along the Watchtower' (1968 song)

A lot of people say there is no happiness in this life and certainly there's no permanent happiness. But self-sufficiency creates happiness.

Self, People, This Life

"Bob Dylan: 'Passion is a young man's game, older people gotta be wise'". Interview with Robert Love, www.independent.co.uk. February 7, 2015.

If there's an original thought out there, I could use one right now.

Use, Original Thought, Originality

I believe that instinct is what makes a genius a genius.

Believe, Genius, I Believe

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.

Life, Kings, Jail

Bob Dylan (2017). “Lyrics 1961 - 2012: Nouvelle édition augmentée”, p.349, Fayard

Some times I think this whole world Is one big prison yeard Some of us are prisoners The rest of us are guards

Thinking, World, Prison

"Song: George Jackson". 1971.

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.

Friendship, Special, Were Meant To Be

Song: Dear Landlord, Album: John Wesley Harding, 1967

Adulterers in churches and pornography in the schools, you got gangsters in power and lawbreakers making rules. When you gonna wake up?

School, Church, Politics

Song: When You Gonna Wake Up ?, Album: Slow Train Coming

If you don't believe there's a price for this sweet paradise, just remind me to show you the scars.

Sweet, Believe, Paradise

Song: Where Are You Tonight?, 1978

Life has its ups and downs, and time has to be your partner. Really, time is your soul mate.

Soul, Partners, Mates

Jesus, that ear. He should donate it to The Smithsonian. Brian Wilson, he made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a hundred tracks today.

Jesus, Track, Records

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.

Artist, Thinking, Long

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.

Music, Running, Land

Bob Dylan (1970). “Tarantula”

Frank [Sinatra] sang to you, not at you, like so many pop singers today. Even singers of standards. I never wanted to be a singer that sings at somebody. I've always wanted to sing to somebody. I would have gotten that subliminally from Frank many years ago. Hank Williams did that, too. He sang to you.

Years, Singers, Today

Source: www.aarp.org

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.

Inspiration, Creativity, Ideas

"Bob Dylan interview: 'Passion is a young man's game, older people gotta be wise'". Interview with Robert Love, www.independent.co.uk. February 7, 2015.

A lot of people say there is no happiness in this life, and certainly there's no permanent happiness. But self-sufficiency creates happiness. Happiness is a state of bliss. Just because you're satisfied one moment - saying yes, it's a good meal, makes me happy - well, that's not going to necessarily be true the next hour. Life has its ups and downs, and time has to be your partner. Time is your soul mate. Children are happy. But they haven't really experienced ups and downs yet. I'm not exactly sure what happiness even means. I don't know if I personally could define it.

Children, Mean, Self

"Bob Dylan: 'Passion is a young man's game, older people gotta be wise'". Interview with Robert Love, www.independent.co.uk. February 7, 2015.

I'm sittin' on my watch so I can be on time.

Time, Watches, I Can

Song: Bye and Bye, 2001

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