Bob Dylan

Being on tour is like being in limbo. It’s like going from nowhere to nowhere.

I don’t think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking theres some kind of change.

People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around – the music and the ideas.

I have dined with kings, I’ve been offered wings. And I’ve never been too impressed.

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.

Well, I don’t know, but I’ve been told the streets in heaven are lined with gold. I ask you how things could get much worse if the Russians happen to get up there first; Wowee! pretty scary!

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.

I tell you, if you’re in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon you’re back in the tuba section. And if you want to lead the parade you’ve got to keep moving.

Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it.

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possesion, a duty.

Trouble with the world today is people don’t go to children enough. I don’t like old people. I stay away from them.

If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

The South has a future which it can shape for itself, and avoid the mistakes which the more populous parts of the country have made.

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

When you embark for strange places don’t leave any of yourself safely at the shore… Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.

It’s just a matter of managing expectations. So for me, for example, you know, when your husband is President of the United States and you have children, something has got to give. I’ve made compromises in my life and my career, but I’ve also, in exchange, gained a wonderful platform to do some great work.

Everyone faces the challenge of finding meaning to their suffering.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Roaming through the jungle of ‘oohs’ and ‘ahs’, searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.

I’m not a survivor. Survivor comes from saying you barely made it and you’re a victim. I am triumphant. I’m not a survivor.