Whatever that ["transfiguration" by Bob Dylan] means, it's true that the poetic brilliance of the early career would never really reappear.

i been meek, and hard like an oak, i seen pretty people disappear like smoke. friends will arrive, friends will disappear. if you want me, honey baby, i'll be here.

It's not a house, it's a home.

It pays to know who your friends are but it also pays to know you ain't got any friends.

I think of rock 'n' roll as a combination of country blues and swing band music, not Chicago blues, and modern pop.

I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.

I have always believed that fame is a curse. I never envied one of the famous people I've known.