Bob Quotes · Page 11

I started writing when I was 17. I got an acoustic guitar for my birthday after I discovered Bob Dylan and James Taylor.

— Jason Reeves

All of the [Bob] Fosse-esque movements and point of view informed years and years of what I would do.

— David Copperfield

Nobody was interested in playing Bob Marley on the radio. We had to tour him - that was the only way it…

— Chris Blackwell

And you don't want to just totally mess up the rhythm when you're playing with Bob Dylan.

— Jenna Elfman

The thing that makes [Bob] Kennedy so good is that he doesn't have a fear of losing. He was willing to go…

— Frank Shorter

I'm so much more than just Angelina [Jolie's] brother. I'm also Jon Voight's son and Billy Bob Thorton's brother-in-law.

— James Haven

If you wanted to, it would be easy to find some crappy lyrics [of Bob Dylan] from the Eighties to undermine the…

— Bob Dylan

Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz…

— Willie Nelson

You're not there to spread any particular- if you're Bob Marley you're there to spread a message, but very few people can…

— Jon Fishman

Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don't think anyone…

— Arlo Guthrie

You wouldn't believe On All Hallow Eve What lots of fun we can make, With apples to bob, And nuts on the…

— Carolyn Wells

Bob Arum and Don King can do their thing but if I fought for those guys and they put the money up…

— Larry Holmes

We [with my mother] listened to music when I was a kid. We listened to a little bit of Bob's [Gordon] music,…

— Jon Gordon

I would say, from an all-around point of view, Bruce Springsteen is one of the two great poet lords of America, Bob…

— Clive Davis

When I was very, very young, I decided that I was gonna catalogue my times because that's what other people who I…

— Bruce Springsteen

I'd been going though his trash. He knocked me down. I was glad to see him, even though he was banging my…

— Bob Dylan

If the song was upbeat, we'd get out a funky Harry Connick, Jr. album, some Louis Prima big band, or a Bob…

— Bart Millard

I started with the chorus of that song, kind of like a fun bouncy thing to play, and then one of the…

— Jorma Kaukonen

I think, especially among the New York intelligentsia at that time, that there was a reason Bob Dylan went to New York…

— T Bone Burnett

One of the songs that stayed in my head that I really considered a lot was an old folk song called 'John…

— Quentin Tarantino

In 1975,Bob Dylan was almost 10 years past his prime - and then he released the best album of his career, Blood…

— Bob Dylan

I've been working in theater, really, since about 1965. I started working with the Mabou Mines about then, and in a way…

— Philip Glass

The greatest single moment Ive ever known in Detroit was Jim Northrups triple in the seventh game of the World Series in…

— Ernie Harwell

I think Bob appreciated my outfit. He made me buy the more expensive pendant. You might think that was to my disadvantage,…

— Holly Black

I like 'Sponge Bob' and 'The Last Airbender.' I like shows where people get creative to do the impossible.

— Jackie Evancho

Without music, there is not the faintest chance [Bob Dylan] words would now be garlanded as they are.

— David Bennun

Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret

— Ethel Merman

When I was in college, being a magician was not the classiest thing to be. It was like being a folk singer…

— Doug Henning

I knew Bob Dylan was searching for the truth and had been for years. And anyone who Really wants the truth ends…

— Johnny Cash

So I'll put on my bob marley tape And practice what I preach Get jah lost in the reggae mon As I…

— Jimmy Buffett

You're absolutely right: Bob Grant is a racist, Bob Grant is a bigot, he's a despicable talk show host and I agree…

— Alan Dershowitz

I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like…

— Dolly Parton

Once I'd heard 'Modern Times' by Bob Dylan, it really changed the way I wanted to make records.

— Elton John

Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it's not just a record, it's a movement.

— Seth Godin

I saw that [music] reflected in my mother when we listened to these records [of Bob Gordon]. And I felt it too.

— Jon Gordon

Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.

— Don Van Vliet

I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.

— Iris DeMent

Songs are like fish. You just gotta have your line in the water. And it's a bad idea to fish downstream from…

— Arlo Guthrie

I wanted to emulate Bob Flanagan, the high voice in the 'Four Freshmen.' I wanted to sing high like he did.

— Brian Wilson

I have often been told that I have many of the same mannerisms as Jack Benny and certainly Bob Cummings.

— Dwayne Hickman