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'm not a prophet or a stone-age man, just a mortal with potential of a superman.
May your hands always be busy, may your feet always be swift. May you have a strong foundation when the winds of changes shift.
May you stay forever young.
I'm just trying to stay out of the way of the next thing coming.
I don't write songs for people to analyze. I write them for people to listen to.
I'm not saying that I'm better than anybody else, but I'm not saying that I'm not.
The world is a spinning ball, and we're all just trying to hold on.
I've always been a loner. I've always been an outsider.
I'm not interested in being a star. I'm interested in being a musician.
I don't want to be a star. I just want to be a good songwriter.
The times they are a-changin' and so am I.
I'm not trying to be anyone but myself.
Love is a four-letter word, but it's not a dirty word.
Music is my life, my love, my everything.
The world is a stage, and we are all just players.
I'm just a simple man trying to make my way in the world.
Don't think twice, it's alright.
I'm not a prophet or a savior, just a man with a guitar.
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.
I'm not a spokesman for a generation, I'm just a guy who writes songs.
Contemporaries of Bob Dylan
Other Musics born within 50 years of Bob Dylan (1941).