In songs, you have to tell people about something they didn't see and weren't there for, and you have to do it as if you were.
Bob DylanSome people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all.
Bob DylanYou walk into the room like a camel and then put your eyes in your pockets and your nose on the ground.
Bob DylanI think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
Bob DylanA lot of people can't stand touring but to me it's like breathing. I do it because I'm driven to do it.
Bob DylanWell the Lone Ranger and Tonto, they are riding down the line fixing everybody's troubles, everybody except mine.
Bob DylanWell, I don't know, but I've been told the streets in heaven are lined with gold. I ask you how things could get much worse if the Russians happen to get up there first; Wowee! pretty scary!
Bob DylanHow many a year has passed and gone and many gamble has been lost and won, and many a road taken by a friend and each one I've never seen again.
Bob DylanOnce I can focus in on something, I just play it in my mind until an idea comes from out of nowhere, and it's usually the key to the whole song. It's the idea that matters. It's like electricity was around long before Edison harnessed it.
Bob DylanHow many roads must a man walk down, Before you call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail, Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly, Before they're forever banned?
Bob DylanDemocracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.
Bob DylanHow many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind.
Bob DylanMy guard stood hard when abstract threats, too noble to neglect, deceived me into thinking, I had something to protect.
Bob DylanThe line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The new order is Rapidly fadin'. And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin'.
Bob DylanMy senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip, my toes to numb to step, wait only for my boot heels to be wandering.
Bob DylanFor whose sake did you live, for whose sake did you die? Forgive me, baby, for what I didn't do.
Bob DylanI'll remember you. When I've forgotten all the rest.You to me were true. You to me were the best.
Bob Dylan