Alive Quote by Richard F. Thomas

In late [Bob] Dylan, music is the key to immortality, even though the summer days are long gone.

— Jay Michaelson

The thing about Bob Dylan's performative essence is that he keeps singing these old songs as well as the new songs, and the old…

— Richard F. Thomas

Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.

— Robbie Robertson

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…

— Arlo Guthrie

And what makes Bob Dylan stories interesting is that the only person who can decide their outcome is Bob Dylan, so you never know…

— Tom Junod

I can put in Bob Marley's music now, and it's still relevant.

— Tessanne Chin

Certain songs have been written years apart, but they have a natural continuity to my mind.

— Elvis Costello

I was comparatively late in understanding Bob Dylan's overwhelming importance as a songwriter. Everybody who does my job exists in the shadow of Bob…

— Steve Earle

I am a Bob Dylan fan.

— Tim Kaine

Most of the songs came from Europe and Africa and now they were coming back to us. Many of [Bob] Dylan's best songs came…

— John Lennon

Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it's not just a record, it's a movement.

— Seth Godin

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

— Bruce Springsteen