Bob Quotes · Page 16

In the dime stores and bus stations People talk of situations Read books, repeat quotations Draw conclusions on the wall Some speak…

— Bob Dylan

Folk music had long been political but [Bob] Dylan's poetry took it to a new level.

— Jay Michaelson

I didn't sound anything like Capote at the screen test. It was more like Bob Dylan. In his early years. With the…

— Toby Jones

We are shocked and saddened by Bob Casale's passing. He not only was integral in DEVO's sound, he worked over twenty years…

— Mark Mothersbaugh

The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob Gibson and my Daddy.

— Dusty Baker

I have always been a huge fan of reggae music. I remember going to see Bob Marley And The Wailers at the…

— Amanda Donohoe

Religion is commodified; the educational system is a sham; and yet,[Bob] Dylan wonders, everyone has to stand naked sometime.

— Jay Michaelson

It was a pity that movies and live TV left New York for Hollywood. London theater, movies, television - until (Britain's) money…

— Gore Vidal

The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that…

— Bruce Springsteen

I've always loved the fact that Bob's [Dylan] been able to sustain his mystery over 50 or 60 years.

— Bruce Springsteen

Tequila?" I asked him, skeptically. "Are you sure on that one? I thought the base for a love potion was supposed to…

— Jim Butcher

My main influences are pop and folk music - Bob Lind, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, the Motown collection, The Zombies,…

— Greta Salpeter

[Bob Ferguson] won that huge ruling against the first version of the Muslim ban that resulted in it being stopped dead in…

— Rachel Maddow

It could happen to anyone when you get hired by a different president. There's a difference in philosophies. It happens. It's a…

— Rick Pitino

I have seen quite a few folk whom I know to be both fair minded and, as it happens,[Bob] Dylan fans, take…

— David Bennun

Bob Dylan had been a big sort of presence in my life but I'd never quite registered what he was trying to…

— Thea Gilmore

I asked Bob Dylan to paint the album cover for 'Music from Big Pink.' He said, 'Yeah, let me see what I…

— Robbie Robertson

His [Bob Dylan] humour was dry and splendid.

— Bob Dylan

I've kept in touch with many of my former teammates: Bob Marcucci was our team manager and we bonded over our passion…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I realized it might be possible to do such a thing, run for money, trot for wages on piece work at a…

— Alan Sillitoe

Popular music had never had lyrical sophistication of this type [like Bob Dylan]; wit, to be sure, but "Darkness at the break…

— Bob Dylan

Here's my proposal, which is based on the TV show Survivor: We put the entire Congress on an island. All the food…

— Dave Barry

When I approached one of his secretaries for an interview, I was told that Bob [Dylan] didn't want to see me anymore…

— Nat Hentoff

And I strongly believe people should rescue dogs, or, at the very least, listen to Bob Barker and have your pet spayed…

— Justin Chambers

How can I tell Bob that my happiness streams from having wrenched a piece out of my life, a piece of hurt…

— Sylvia Plath