Dylan Quotes

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In the '60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about the… — George Clooney
Sometimes I wish I had taken the Bob Dylan route and sang songs where my voice would not go out on me every night, so… — Kurt Cobain
Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it's not just a record, it's a movement. — Seth Godin
Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams...all of them are different styles, but those are the songs that make the times...they're the songs that… — Dolly Parton
But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in… — Warren Zevon
I don't think I have any right to say I belong to that [Woody Guthrie/Bob Dylan tradition]. I think that's something that eventually maybe you… — Justin Townes Earle
I started with the chorus of that song, kind of like a fun bouncy thing to play, and then one of the lines popped up:… — Jorma Kaukonen
Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don't think anyone downstream from Bob… — Arlo Guthrie
Sometimes I do a Dylan song and it seems to fit me so right that I figure maybe I wrote it. Dylan didnâ€™t always do… — Jimi Hendrix
I love Dylan. I only met him once, about three years ago, back at the Kettle of Fish on MacDougal Street. That was before I… — Jimi Hendrix
I love Bob Dylan, I really do. I love his early work, I love the first time he plugged in electrically, I love his Christian… — Johnny Cash
Bob Dylan is out of the mentorship of Allen Ginsberg. — Peter Fonda
I've been really, really blessed. I got to perform on stage with Bob Dylan. I've gotten to sing with Mick Jagger. — Sheryl Crow
I have Bob Dylan lyrics on my ribs. I'm a diehard Dylan fan, and my dad and I joke that if I ever met him,… — Carly Chaikin
Gordon Lightfoot has created some of the most beautiful and lasting music of our time. He is Bob Dylan's favorite singer/songwriter - high praise from… — Kris Kristofferson
Bob [Dylan] is not authentic at all. He's a plagiarist, and his name and voice are fake. Everything about Bob is a deception. We are… — Joni Mitchell
My father had wanted to name me for Dylan Thomas. He had seen him speak on one of those drunken poetry tours he did. — Dylan Walsh
I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me and sing songs for… — Alan Lomax
And you don't want to just totally mess up the rhythm when you're playing with Bob Dylan. — Jenna Elfman
My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni… — Kazuo Ishiguro

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