Quotes from Bob Dylan

I march in the parade of liberty But as long as I love you I'm not free How long must I suffer such abuse Won't you let me see you smile one time before I turn you loose?

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

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

Dealing with my own life takes priority over other people dealing with my life.

The purpose of art is to stop time.

I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work.

You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past - whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever.

I kinda live where I find myself.

Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.

I'm mortified to be on the stage, but then again, it's the only place where I'm happy.

I can't stand to see myself on television.

Bent out of shape from society's pliers, cares not to come up any higher, but rather get you down in the hole that he's in.

I like spiritual songs. They struck me as truthful and serious. They brought me down to earth and they lifted me up all in the same moment.

I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.

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

It's like my whole life never happened, When I see you, it's as if I never had a thought. I know this dream, it might be crazy, But it's the only one I've got.

I read On the Road in maybe 1959. It changed my life like it changed everyone else's.

"Subterranean Homesick Blues" [of Bob Dylan] captures, in word-salad format, life in an encroaching police state.

Death to me means nothing as long as I can die fast.

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

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

My father probably thought the capital of the world was wherever he was at the time. It couldn't possibly be anyplace else. Where he and his wife were in their own home, that, for them, was the capital of the world.

The warrior who's strength is not to fight.

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.