--- title: "5 Alright Quotes By Bob Dylan" description: "5 Alright quotes by Bob Dylan. Plus more from Bob Dylan and more Alright sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/bob-dylan-168_alright_there-would-be-brilliant-songs-but-as-bo_949837.jpg" --- > [ There would be brilliant songs, but, as \[Bob\] Dylan admitted on the recent Martin Scorsese documentary about him (No Direction Home), the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/there-would-be-brilliant-songs-but-as-bob-dylan-admitted-on-the/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/bob-dylan-168_alright_there-would-be-brilliant-songs-but-as-bo_949837.jpg) > [Don't think twice, it's alright.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/don-t-think-twice-it-s-alright/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6c/bob-dylan-168_alright_don-t-think-twice-it-s-alright-1564318_1564318.jpg) > [ One night around that time, at Hammersmith, Bob Dylan was about to go into \[his 1963 classic\] 'Don't Think Twice, It's Alright.He… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/one-night-around-that-time-at-hammersmith-bob-dylan-was-about-to-go/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/717/bob-dylan-168_alright_one-night-around-that-time-at-hammersmit_2648436.jpg) > [I ain't saying you treated me unkind you could've done better, but I don't mind. You just kinda wasted my precious time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/i-ain-t-saying-you-treated-me-unkind-you-could-ve-done-better-but-i/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/bob-dylan-168_alright_i-ain-t-saying-you-treated-me-unkind-you_2819334.jpg) > [An artist has got to be careful never really to arrive at a place where he thinks he's AT somewhere. You always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/an-artist-has-got-to-be-careful-never-really-to-arrive-at-a-place/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf8/bob-dylan-168_alright_an-artist-has-got-to-be-careful-never-re_3158347.jpg) ## Other authors on Alright ## More by Bob Dylan > [The hollow horn plays wasted words, proves to warn that he not busy being born is busy dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/the-hollow-horn-plays-wasted-words-proves-to-warn-that-he-not-busy/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) > [Don't forget to support your public library.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/don-t-forget-to-support-your-public-library/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) > [You don't count the dead, when god's on your side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/you-don-t-count-the-dead-when-god-s-on-your-side/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) > [She makes love just like a woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/she-makes-love-just-like-a-woman/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) > [Silvio, I gotta go, find out something only dead men know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/silvio-i-gotta-go-find-out-something-only-dead-men-know/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) > [I don't really have a retirement plan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/i-don-t-really-have-a-retirement-plan/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) > [Just a reminder, if you tell anyone about what happened with Jonah last night, I'll destroy all of my writing and never play music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/just-a-reminder-if-you-tell-anyone-about-what-happened-with-jonah/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) > [Little red wagon, little red bike, I ain’t no monkey but I know what I like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/little-red-wagon-little-red-bike-i-ain-t-no-monkey-but-i-know-what-i/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) > [Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift - look out out kid, they keep it all hid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/twenty-years-of-schooling-and-they-put-you-on-the-day-shift-look-out/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) > [The drunken politician leaps upon the street where mothers weep, and the saviors who are fast asleep, they wait for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/the-drunken-politician-leaps-upon-the-street-where-mothers-weep-and/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) > [Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/your-eyes-are-like-two-jewels-in-the-sky/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) > [I gotta friend who spends his life, stabbing my picture with a bowie knife. Dreams of strangling me with a scarf, when my name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/i-gotta-friend-who-spends-his-life-stabbing-my-picture-with-a-bowie/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) > [She speaks with a stutter and she and she walks with a hop. I don't know why I love her, but I just can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/she-speaks-with-a-stutter-and-she-and-she-walks-with-a-hop-i-don-t/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) > [The man in the coon skin cap in the pig pen wants eleven dollar bills, you've only got ten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/the-man-in-the-coon-skin-cap-in-the-pig-pen-wants-eleven-dollar-bills/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) > [Don't put my faith in nobody, not even a scientist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/don-t-put-my-faith-in-nobody-not-even-a-scientist/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alright/bob-dylan/#itemlist", "name": "5 Alright Quotes By Bob Dylan", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bob Dylan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/there-would-be-brilliant-songs-but-as-bob-dylan-admitted-on-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/bob-dylan-168_alright_there-would-be-brilliant-songs-but-as-bo_949837.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/bob-dylan-168_alright_there-would-be-brilliant-songs-but-as-bo_949837.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/bob-dylan-168_alright_there-would-be-brilliant-songs-but-as-bo_949837.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There would be brilliant songs, but, as [Bob] Dylan admitted on the recent Martin Scorsese documentary about…” — Bob Dylan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't think twice, it's alright.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bob Dylan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/don-t-think-twice-it-s-alright/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6c/bob-dylan-168_alright_don-t-think-twice-it-s-alright-1564318_1564318.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6c/bob-dylan-168_alright_don-t-think-twice-it-s-alright-1564318_1564318.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6c/bob-dylan-168_alright_don-t-think-twice-it-s-alright-1564318_1564318.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Don't think twice, it's alright.” — Bob Dylan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One night around that time, at Hammersmith, Bob Dylan was about to go into [his 1963 classic] 'Don't Think Twice, It's Alright.He said, 'Hey, Bucky! 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