Bob Dylan
Nobel laureate, transformed popular song into literature
Most quoted
"Sometimes you say things in songs even if there's a small chance of them being true. And sometimes you say things that have nothing to do with the truth of what you want to say and sometimes you say things that everyone knows to be true."
— from Interview
"Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call. Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall. For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled. The battle outside ragin' will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls."
— from Song (The Times They Are a-Changin'), 1963
"Some people feel that if you just want to be a rock 'n' roll singer or something, then you should go for it. But I think that if you're not, then you should be honest about it."
— from Interview, 1965
All quotes by Bob Dylan (310)
I don't know what makes a song good. I just know when it is.
I don't think I'm a prophet or a savior. I'm just a guy who writes songs.
I don't want to be a star. I want to be a legend.
A lot of people are afraid to say what they think. They're afraid of being wrong. I'm not afraid of being wrong.
I'm not interested in being a spokesman for a generation. I'm interested in writing songs.
I'm not going to tell you what my songs mean. If you want to know, listen to them.
I'm not a political person. I'm a human being.
I don't write protest songs. I write songs that protest.
I don't care what people think of me. I care what I think of me.
I'm not a genius. I'm just a guy who got lucky.
I'm not trying to be mysterious. I'm just trying to be myself.
I'm not a religious person. I'm a spiritual person.
I'm not a philosopher. I'm a storyteller.
I'm not a guru. I'm a musician.
I'm not a saint. I'm a sinner.
I'm not a hero. I'm just a guy who writes songs.
I'm not a legend. I'm just a guy who got lucky.
I'm not a prophet. I'm a musician.
I'm not a spokesman for a generation. I'm a spokesman for myself.
How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?
Contemporaries of Bob Dylan
Other Musics born within 50 years of Bob Dylan (1941).