Bob Dylan Quotes

Bob Dylan quotes have been changing people’s consciousness since he first burst on the music scene in the 1960’s.

As one of the foremost songwriters of that generation, Dylan gave voice to the feelings of social consciousness that were taking shape then.

The times may have changed but the message of Dylan’s work and his life remains the same and it continues to inspire and ignite the imagination of millions. While his songs have been his most obvious and effective means of expressing his message,Bob Dylan quotes have been equally informative and eye opening.

It is very clear that Bob Dylan was a poet at heart. Not only did his poetry present itself in his music but after reading these Bob Dylan quotes, you will see it came out in his everyday conversations as well.

This remarkably gifted man has taught us so much about life. Looking in a little deeper into his words you will find some excellent messages like this one:

He not busy being born is busy dying.
--Bob Dylan

How many of you out there are busy being born? You may ask how can you achieve this state of continuous birth.

To achieve it you have to submerge yourself into continuous growth.

Through ever situation you will find ways to learn and to grow and this develops your mind and personality throughout your entire life.

I have heard the saying on numerous occasions that people can never change and this is a big lie. People will continue to become better or worse which is all dependent on their most dominant thoughts.

Always be willing to get involved in life. This is the only way that you will ever experience new things and become a new "YOU."

Bob Dylan Quotes

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A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
--Bob Dylan


A 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 Dylan


A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.
--Bob Dylan


A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding.
--Bob Dylan


A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
--Bob Dylan


A poem is a naked person... Some people say that I am a poet.
--Bob Dylan


A song is anything that can walk by itself.
--Bob Dylan


All I can do is be me, whoever that is.
--Bob Dylan


All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.
--Bob Dylan


All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.
--Bob Dylan


More Bob Dylan quotes to help us take a better look at ourselves:
Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.
--Bob Dylan


Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.
--Bob Dylan


But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked.
--Bob Dylan


Chaos is a friend of mine.
--Bob Dylan


Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.
--Bob Dylan


Democracy 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 Dylan


Don't matter how much money you got, there's only two kinds of people: there's saved people and there's lost people.
--Bob Dylan


I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.
--Bob Dylan


I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay.
--Bob Dylan


True inspiration comes from the heart, as these Bob Dylan quotes show us:
I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.
--Bob Dylan


I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.
--Bob Dylan


I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking there’s some kind of change.
--Bob Dylan


I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed.
--Bob Dylan


I like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, I gotta say that. But America will be judged.
--Bob Dylan


I say there're no depressed words just depressed minds.
--Bob Dylan


I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet.
--Bob Dylan


I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
--Bob Dylan


I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.
--Bob Dylan


Money doesn't talk, it swears.
--Bob Dylan


No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.
--Bob Dylan


It rubs me the wrong way, a camera... It's a frightening thing...Cameras make ghosts out of people.
--Bob Dylan


It was like a flying saucer landed. That's what the sixties were like. Everybody heard about it, but only a few really saw it.
--Bob Dylan

From a small town in Minnesota came one of the greatest voices world has ever known.

In his own humble, self-effacing way, Bob Dylan has been able to open our eyes to a world far beyond our own experience.

From his words we can all draw inspiration, encouragement and the desire to make this world a better place.