bob dylan Quotes

Everybody is waiting for cooler weather--and I am just waiting for you--. (Bob Dylan in a letter)

- Suze Rotolo, A Freewheelin' Time: Greenwich Village in the Sixties, Bob Dylan and Me

I timed my previous wife's pregnancy to the moment to have my son born on Bob Dylan's 50th birthday. There is no bigger Bob Dylan fan than me. You don't just time the day and impregnate your wife to get your kid to be born on Bob Dylan's 50th birthday.

- Charlie Trotter

All I can be is me- whoever that is.

- Bob Dylan

A poem is a naked person....Some people say that I am a poet.

- Bob Dylan

Be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want." -Bob Dylan's Dad

- Bob Dylan

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.

- Bob Dylan

You can never be wise and be in love at the same time.

- Bob Dylan

Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want (Bob Dylan's dad)

- Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Vol. 1

But, like Shakespeare, I too am often occupied with the pursuit of my creative endeavors and dealing with all aspects of life's mundane matters. "Who are the best musicians for these songs?" "Am I recording in the right studio?" "Is this song in the right key?" Some things never change, even in 400 years.Not once have I ever had the time to ask myself, "Are my songs literature?"So, I do thank the Swedish Academy, both for taking the time to consider that very question, and, ultimately, for providing such a wonderful answer.

- Bob Dylan

Once upon a time You dressed so fine

- Bob Dylan

You focus on telling stories,
we do everything else.