People think that singing and playing is easy. It's not. It's easy to strum along, but if you actually want to really play, where it's important, that's a hard thing and not too many people are good at it. 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-uplightstrong You always got to be prepared but you never know for what. Bob Dylan be-preparedpreparedknows Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on. Bob Dylan bitingsunglasseslips Don't criticize what you can't understand. Bob Dylan criticismeducationsong All I can do is be me, whoever that is. Bob Dylan bullyingpurposecan-do The purpose of art is to stop time. Bob Dylan timelifeart Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain. Bob Dylan sadpainbeautiful What looks large from a distance, close up ain’t never that big. Bob Dylan distancebigslooks You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Bob Dylan hippieblowwind 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-friendlandbelieve If I lived my life by what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died. Bob Dylan diedheartphilosophy Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean. Bob Dylan understandingsometimesmean If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them. Bob Dylan positiveinspirationalmemories I believe that instinct is what makes a genius a genius. Bob Dylan i-believegeniusbelieve 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 creativitykeysimagination 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 motivationalinspirationallife 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 stablefreedom People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent. Bob Dylan musicbreak-uplife I was born a long way from where I belong and I am on my way home. Bob Dylan homelongway