--- title: "5 Hearing Quotes By Bob Dylan" description: "5 Hearing quotes by Bob Dylan. Plus more from Bob Dylan and more Hearing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/bob-dylan-168_almighty_you-hear-a-lot-about-god-these-days-god_162180.jpg" --- > [You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent; God, the all-great; God, the Almighty; God, the most powerful; God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/you-hear-a-lot-about-god-these-days-god-the-beneficent-god-the-all/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/bob-dylan-168_almighty_you-hear-a-lot-about-god-these-days-god_162180.jpg) > [Early on, before rock 'n' roll, I listened to big band music - anything that came over the radio - and music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/early-on-before-rock-n-roll-i-listened-to-big-band-music-anything/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cf/bob-dylan-168_band_early-on-before-rock-n-roll-i-listened-t_796667.jpg) > [..When I first heard Elvis' voice, I knew that I wasn't going to work for anybody ... hearing him for the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/when-i-first-heard-elvis-voice-i-knew-that-i-wasn-t-going-to-work-for/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/bob-dylan-168_busting_when-i-first-heard-elvis-voice-i-knew-th_1102850.jpg) > [You travel the world, you go see different things. I like to see Shakespeare plays, so I'll go - I mean, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/you-travel-the-world-you-go-see-different-things-i-like-to-see/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f2/bob-dylan-168_care_you-travel-the-world-you-go-see-differen_2327234.jpg) > [It's not me, it's the songs. I'm just the postman, I deliver the songs. When I first heard Elvis' voice, I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/it-s-not-me-it-s-the-songs-i-m-just-the-postman-i-deliver-the-songs/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/bob-dylan-168_busting_it-s-not-me-it-s-the-songs-i-m-just-the_2932204.jpg) ## Other authors on Hearing ## 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/hearing/bob-dylan/#itemlist", "name": "5 Hearing Quotes By Bob Dylan", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent; God, the all-great; God, the Almighty; God, the most powerful; God, the giver of life; God, the creator of death. 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