Chaos is a friend of mine. Bob Dylan More Quotes by Bob Dylan More Quotes From Bob Dylan Frank [Sinatra] sang to you, not at you, like so many pop singers today. Even singers of standards. I never wanted to be a singer that sings at somebody. I've always wanted to sing to somebody. I would have gotten that subliminally from Frank many years ago. Hank Williams did that, too. He sang to you. Bob Dylan singers today years Look, when I started out, mainstream culture was Sinatra, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Sound of Music. There was no fitting into it then and of course, there's no fitting into it now. Bob Dylan mainstream-culture sound looks That's another way of writing a song, of course. Just talking to somebody that ain't there. That's the best way. That's the truest way. Then it just becomes a question of how heroic your speech is. To me, it's something to strive after. Bob Dylan writing song talking You say you've lost your faith Bob Dylan honesty knows lost I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet. Bob Dylan poetic poet thinking There's a lot of false prophets around and that's the trouble. People say they think they know what's right and other people get people to follow them because they have a certain type of charisma, and there's always people willing to take over. People want a leader. And there will be more and more of them. Bob Dylan leader people thinking Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet? Bob Dylan play quiet night Feeling funny in my mind, Lord I believe I'm fixing to die Well, I don't mind dying But I hate to leave my children crying Well, I look over yonder to that burying ground Look over yonder to that burying ground Sure seems lonesome, Lord, when the sun goes down Bob Dylan hate death children It's always disappointing when people decide for one reason or another that they don't like your work anymore, but you can't try to please people, because then you're just going to be doing - you'll never live it down, y'know it'll always be dogging you around - you might be being a fake about the whole thing. Bob Dylan fake trying people Truth is like a waterslide-only fun when it's slippery and wet. Bob Dylan wet truth-is fun I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed. Bob Dylan impressed kings wings Having hits buries a singer in the past. A lot of singers hide in the past because it's safer back there. If you've ever heard today's country music, you'll know what I'm talking about. Bob Dylan talking country past I took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin'. When she said, hey man, you crazy or somethin'? Bob Dylan crazy heart men I play these [folk acoustic] concerts and I ask myself, 'Would you come see me tonight?' - and I'd have to answer truthfully, 'No, I wouldn't come. I'd rather be doin' something else, really I would. That something else is rock... The words are pictures, and the rock's gonna help me flesh out the colors of the pictures. (1965) Bob Dylan rocks color play The songs are my lexicon. I believe the songs. Bob Dylan lexicon song believe I don't really have a retirement plan. Bob Dylan plans retirement Because Dickens and Dostoyevsky and Woody Guthrie were telling their stories much better than I ever could, I decided to stick to my own mind. Bob Dylan sticks stories mind Opportunities may come along for you to convert something -something that exists into something that didn't yet. That might be the beginning of it. Sometimes you just want to do things your way, want to see for yourself what lies behind the misty curtain. It's not like you see songs approaching and invite them in. It's not that easy. You want to write songs that are bigger than life. You want to say something about strange things that have happened to you, strange things you have seen. You have to know and understand something and then go past the vernacular. Bob Dylan writing song lying Loneliness, tenderness, high society, notoriety, you fight for the throne and you travel alone. Bob Dylan fighting loneliness work Art can lead you to God. I think that's the purpose of everything. If it's not doing that, what's it doing? It's leading you the other way. It's certainly not leading you nowhere. Bob Dylan inspiration faith art
