Bob Dylan Quotes
114 quotes by 93 authors
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Most of the artists were trying to make a living, trying to get laid, trying to figure out who they were. They weren't trying to…
— David Geffen
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Listen, the story of the United States is this: One kid, without anything, walks out of his house, down the road, with nothing but a…
— T Bone Burnett
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After Nashville sushi and a long debate on Bob Dylan, we went into Woodland Studios at 10 pm that night for a look around, and…
— Robyn Hitchcock
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I tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close - a…
— Bette Midler
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You don't have to be the best guitar player, or have the best voice, or even be the best looking person - writing a song…
— Ryan Ross
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Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang…
— Tom Chapin
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Bob Dylan is the Jew of all time.
— Guy Oseary
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Courtney Love's name should be right next to Bob Dylan when they say best lyricist of all time.
— Linda Perry
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Anything but the void. And so we keep hoping to luck into a winning combination, to tap into a subtle harmony, trying like lock pickers…
— Dennis Overbye
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If you going to live by a certain code - as Bob Dylan said, you gotta serve somebody.
— Thomas F. Wilson
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In other words, I'd say the whole story of Bob Dylan is one man's search for God. The turns and the steps he takes to…
— T Bone Burnett
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To me, Godard did to movies what Bob Dylan did to music: they both revolutionized their forms.
— Quentin Tarantino
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Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their whole…
— Lyle Lovett
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The internet and social networking are new avenues for the next Bob Dylan to be born on.
— Jon Bon Jovi
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They were playing old Bob Dylan, more than perfect for narrow Village streets close to Christmas and the snow whirling down in big feathery flakes,…
— Donna Tartt
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The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along…
— Jackson Browne
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Bob Dylan has a way with words that simply blows me away. When he forgets his lyrics he just makes up new ones on the…
— Gavin Rossdale
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Everybody who I ever cared about has told me that they like my music: Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Al Green, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson. Everybody…
— Daryl Hall
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If I was to meet Lou Reed or Bob Dylan, I would be totally helpless. Writers and musicians make me feel completely starstruck.
— Toby Stephens
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You see Michelangelo and Picasso and you read literature. I had some innate inchoate yearning for that, but I never really saw where I would…
— David Chase
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