Life Quotes by Bob Dylan

He not busy being born is busy dying.

— Bob Dylan

“There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.”

— Bob Dylan

The purpose of art is to stop time.

— Bob Dylan

Life is sad, life is a bust, all you can do is do what you must.

— Bob Dylan

It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be...

— Bob Dylan

You can't be wise and in love at the same time.

— Bob Dylan

How can the life of such a man be in the palm of some fools hand?

— Bob Dylan

“We are so scared of losing everything that doesn't mean anything.”

— Bob Dylan

No reason to get excited,' the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but…

— Bob Dylan

At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.

— Bob Dylan

Dealing with my own life takes priority over other people dealing with my life.

— Bob Dylan

I read On the Road in maybe 1959. It changed my life like it changed everyone else's.

— Bob Dylan

“It's a wicked life, but what the hell, the stars ain't falling down.”

— Bob Dylan

For them that think death's honesty won't fall upon them naturally life sometimes must get lonely.

— Bob Dylan

Life has its ups and downs, and time has to be your partner. Really, time is your soul mate.

— Bob Dylan

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

— Bob Dylan

Advertising signs: they con you into thinking you're the one That can do what's never been done That can win what's never…

— Bob Dylan

Every day is the same thing out the door Feel further away then ever before Some things in life, it gets too…

— Bob Dylan

You breathed on me and made my life a richer one to live, when I was deep in poverty you taught me…

— Bob Dylan

I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live…

— Bob Dylan

You say you're looking for someone who'll pick you up each time you fall, to gather flowers constantly and to come each…

— Bob Dylan

There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that,…

— Bob Dylan

We don't see the people that vice destroys. We just see the glamour of it - everywhere we look, from billboard signs…

— Bob Dylan

They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail.…

— Bob Dylan

“I can identify with other people and situations, but I tend not to. I would rather recall things from my own life,…

— Bob Dylan

“If I was building any new kind of life to live, it really didn't seem that way. It's not as if I…

— Bob Dylan

Rod's a great singer. He's got a great voice, but there's no point to put a 30-piece orchestra behind him. I'm not…

— Bob Dylan

Folk songs are evasive-the truth about life, and life is more or less a lie, but then again that's exactly the way…

— Bob Dylan

Technology is mechanical and contrary to the emotions that inform a person's life. The country music field has especially been hit hard…

— Bob Dylan

You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent; God, the all-great; God, the Almighty; God, the most powerful; God,…

— Bob Dylan

“But, like Shakespeare, I too am often occupied with the pursuit of my creative endeavors and dealing with all aspects of life's…

— Bob Dylan

The corporations have taken over. Even in the recording studio. Actually, the corporate companies have taken over American life most everywhere. Go…

— Bob Dylan

“A lot of people don't like the road, but it's as natural to me as breathing. I do it because I'm driven…

— Bob Dylan

A lot of people say there is no happiness in this life, and certainly there's no permanent happiness. But self-sufficiency creates happiness.…

— Bob Dylan

The tree of life is growing where the spirit never dies, and the bright light of salvation shines in dark and empty…

— Bob Dylan

If I lived my life by what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died.

— Bob Dylan

... we're living in a Machiavellian world, whether we like it or we don't.

— Bob Dylan

The whole world's a bottle, And life's but a dram, When the bottle gets empty, It sure ain't worth a damn.

— Bob Dylan

He gambled all his life, he's got 27 children, yet he's never had a wife.

— Bob Dylan

Mothers tell your children not to do the things I have done, to spend my life in sin and misery in the…

— Bob Dylan