The Duke [John Wayne] was a massive figure. He looked like a heavy piece of hauled lumber, and it didn't seem like any man could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

There would be brilliant songs, but, as [Bob] Dylan admitted on the recent Martin Scorsese documentary about him (No Direction Home), the specific muse that inspired "It's Alright Ma" would not return.

A million faces at my feet but all I see are dark eyes.

I hurt easy, I just don't show it. You can hurt someone and not even know it.

You been down to the bottom with a bad man, babe But you're back were you belong

A lot of people don't have much food on their table. But they got a lot of forks 'n knives. And they got to cut somethin'.

I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity.