Bob Dylan, real name Robert Allen Zimmerman, is an American folk singer who transitioned from folk to rock music in the 1960s, infusing rock and roll songs, which had previously focused on boy-girl romantic innuendo, with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry. Dylan hailed as his generation’s Shakespeare sold tens of millions of records, composed more than 500 songs that were recorded by more than 2,000 musicians, performed all over the world, and set the standard for lyric composition. In 2016, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Here are the 20 Best Quotes Of Bob Dylan
“Don’t matter how much money you got, there’s only two kinds of people: there’s saved people and there’s lost people.”
– Bob Dylan
“People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around – the music and the ideas.” – Bob Dylan
“A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding.” – Bob Dylan
“Money doesn’t talk, it swears.” – Bob Dylan
“I stopped smoking. When I stopped smoking, my voice changed… so drastically, I couldn’t believe it myself.” – Bob Dylan
“Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.” – Bob Dylan
“I can be jubilant one moment and pensive the next, and a cloud could go by and make that happen.” – Bob Dylan
“All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.” – Bob Dylan
“Democracy don’t rule the world, You’d better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that’s better left unsaid.” – Bob Dylan
. “I change during the course of a day. I wake and I’m one person, and when I go to sleep I know for certain I’m somebody else.” – Bob Dylan
“I’ve never written a political song. Songs can’t save the world. I’ve gone through all that.” – Bob Dylan
“In ceremonies of the horsemen, Even the pawn must hold a grudge.” – Bob Dylan
“Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.” – Bob Dylan
“If I wasn’t Bob Dylan, I’d probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself.” – Bob Dylan
“I really didn’t consider myself happy or unhappy.” – Bob Dylan
“A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.” – Bob Dylan
“I’ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.” – Bob Dylan
“I’m mortified to be on the stage, but then again, it’s the only place where I’m happy.” – Bob Dylan
“I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.” – Bob Dylan