I felt like I might as well have been living in another part of the solar system.

If you ever tell anyone about Jonah's sexual dysfunction, I'll never play music again.

In the meantime [1965-67], [Bob] Dylan was again writing some of the best love songs in the genre, like "Visions of Johanna," "Just Like a Woman," and "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands."

The exploitation and superficiality of mainstream America is the object not of [Bob] Dylan's hipster scorn, but of an apocalyptic parable of holy fools and righteous thieves - the kind of imagery that Dylan's later work would explore more fully.

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am.

I don't write the songs; I just write 'em down.

Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?