Bob Dylan wrote in his elliptical memoir, Chronicles: Volume One, he was washed up in the 1980s, no longer a commercial success, and no longer putting out good work. Bob Dylan More Quotes by Bob Dylan More Quotes From Bob Dylan May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young. Bob Dylan growing-up light strong You always got to be prepared but you never know for what. Bob Dylan be-prepared prepared knows Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on. Bob Dylan biting sunglasses lips Don't criticize what you can't understand. Bob Dylan criticism education song All I can do is be me, whoever that is. Bob Dylan bullying purpose can-do The purpose of art is to stop time. Bob Dylan time life art Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain. Bob Dylan sad pain beautiful What looks large from a distance, close up ain’t never that big. Bob Dylan distance bigs looks You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Bob Dylan hippie blow wind Some people are called to be a good sailor. Some people have a calling to be a good tiller of the land. Some people are called to be a good friend. You have to be the best at whatever you are called at. Whatever you do. You ought to be the best at it – highly skilled. It's about confidence, not arrogance. You have to know that you're the best whether anybody else tells you that or not. And that you'll be around, in one way or another, longer than anybody else. Somewhere inside of you, you have to believe that. Bob Dylan good-friend land believe If I lived my life by what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died. Bob Dylan died heart philosophy Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean. Bob Dylan understanding sometimes mean If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them. Bob Dylan positive inspirational memories I believe that instinct is what makes a genius a genius. Bob Dylan i-believe genius believe Creativity has much to do with experience, observation and imagination, and if any one of those key elements is missing, it doesn't work. Bob Dylan creativity keys imagination What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. Bob Dylan motivational inspirational life The picture you have in your mind of what you're about will come true. Bob Dylan mind There is nothing so stable as change. Bob Dylan stable freedom People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent. Bob Dylan music break-up life I was born a long way from where I belong and I am on my way home. Bob Dylan home long way
