Bob Dylan

Singer-songwriter

Bob Dylan is an iconic American singer-songwriter known for his profound lyrics that explore themes of freedom and identity, particularly in songs like 'Blowin' in the Wind'.

Born
May 24, 1941
Quotes
872
Rank
#313

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"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."

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"If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure"

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"The times they are a-changing."

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"I hate myself for loving you and the weakness that it showed. You were just a painted face on a trip down to suicide road."

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"There are those who worship loneliness, I'm not one of them In this age of fiberglass I'm searching for a gem The crystal ball up on the wall hasn't shown me nothing yet I've paid the price of solitude, but at last I'm out of debt"

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"Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be."

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"Everything passes, Everything changes, Just do what you think you should do."

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"Popular music had never had lyrical sophistication of this type [like Bob Dylan]; wit, to be sure, but "Darkness at the break of noon/Shadows even the silver spoon/The handmade blade, the child's balloon/Eclipses both the sun and moon/To understand you know too soon/ There is no sense in trying"? No."

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"They say everything can be replaced, Yet every distance is not near. So I remember every face Of every man who put me here. I see my light come shining From the west unto the east. Any day now, any day now, I shall be released."

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"You get older. You start having hopes for other people rather than yourself."

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"The dirt of gossip blows into my face and the dust rumors cover me. But if the arrow is straight and the point is slick, it can pierce through dust no matter how thick."

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