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)
Life is a journey, not a destination.
I'm always searching for something new, something different.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
I'm not interested in being famous, I'm interested in being good.
The truth is out there, you just have to find it.
I write songs because I have to, not because I want to.
Don't follow leaders, watch the parking meters.
I'm just a poet, not a politician.
The world needs more love, less hate.
I'm not a spokesman for anything, except myself.
Every day is a new beginning.
I'm just trying to tell stories, that's all.
The road less traveled is the one I'm on.
I'm not looking for answers, I'm looking for questions.
The only constant is change.
I'm just a wanderer, a rolling stone.
The past is gone, the future is unknown, the present is a gift.
I'm not trying to change the world, just trying to understand it.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
I'm just a voice in the wilderness.
Contemporaries of Bob Dylan
Other Musics born within 50 years of Bob Dylan (1941).