Bob Dylan

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

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

I say there’re no depressed words just depressed minds.

I think a poet is anybody who wouldn’t call himself a poet.

Sailing round the world in a dirty gondola oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola!

Democracy don’t rule the world, you better get that in your head; this world is ruled by violence, but I guess that’s better left unsaid.

Time wounds all heels.

I’m grateful for all the breaks and honors and opportunities I’ve had, but I always believe I won’t have it made until the humblest black kid in the most remote backwoods of America has it made.

[To Robertson] I think you should move to California. Malibu is paradise. You can always change your mind. Why don’t you just let me put this together? I’ll get you a house in the Malibu Colony.

One needs to be successful in the conventional way to learn just how far away from success it may be.

Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past.

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.

There is no reality, only perception.

Whenever you think it’s the end, it’s probably just the start of something else.

We don’t see things as they are. We see things as we are.

“You should know our mania for building is stronger than ever. It is a diabolical thing. It consumes money and the more you build, the more you want to build. It’s a sickness like being addicted to alcohol.

There are some sick people in this world.

Are people more violently opposed to fur rather than leather because its much easier to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs?

With all the wealth of the world at hand, there are human beings who hunger, whole nations who suffer cold. The judgment for this condition, for misusing Nature’s gifts, is the judgment upon man’s failure, man’s unsteadiness. Leadership is the thing.

One of the things I realized is that if you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don’t prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list, your kids fall lower and lower on your list.