The back story of a songwriter isn't important to me - I don't listen to music needing to know who the guy is. Jakob Dylan More Quotes by Jakob Dylan More Quotes From Jakob Dylan Tolerance can lead to learning something. Jakob Dylan tolerancemotivationalinspirational My father said it himself in an interview many years ago: 'Husband and wife failed, but mother and father didn't.' I've got a life that really matters to me, and that's because of the way I was raised. My ethics are high because my parents did a great job. Jakob Dylan husbandmotherjobs I'm waiting for my kids to grow up and get into the Offspring and look at me like I'm a total candy-ass. Jakob Dylan growing-upwaitingkids I'm realistic. Getting to everybody is not the goal here. The people you can affect in any way - that's who you want to get to. Jakob Dylan realisticgoalpeople I'm talking about the '60s really. People go interview these guys and ask them, "Do you still think music can change the world?" I mean, go talk to Graham Nash about that. What's he going to tell you? Ask David Crosby. These guys are still out there. They're playing their hits at Staples Center and those are really valuable songs. I'm talking about a couple of the guys who got knee-deep into really believing music had a great service beyond radio. I believe it did. And I think a lot of those songs are great. Jakob Dylan couplesongbelieve You have to have a work ethic and you have to be educated in what you're doing. You have to take it seriously. It doesn't mean that everything you do has to be serious. But you've got to have the tools. Jakob Dylan work-ethicseriousmean There is trouble in my mind Jakob Dylan trustdarkhome Artists are not going to put somebody new in the president's chair. It's all worth the effort; it all needs to be done. But I don't look at songwriting as having the ability to necessarily do that today. Jakob Dylan effortdoneartist I liked getting the Grammy more than not getting it. Jakob Dylan grammy I do like a song that can look good on a page without even being sung. I edit and edit and edit. Jakob Dylan writingsonglooks But there's got to be an opening somewhere here in front of me. Through this maze of ugliness and greed. Jakob Dylan openingmazesgreed I think that these are different times, and different things are available to artists, and certain things have become passé. You've already seen the outcome of a lot of things that seemed to have a lot of potential. We've already heard that, and I can't tell you if it made a difference or not. But we already know that artists can do that, and they shouldn't feel threatened by doing it. They're probably not going to change the world. They're going to change a few people's perspectives and maybe make somebody's day at times, if they can. Jakob Dylan perspectiveartistthinking I see myself as a traditionalist. I like traditional things. I like things of substance and value that have been proven. Conceptually, as the songs started to come together, I followed that lead, which is the language I work in. Jakob Dylan substancetogethersong It doesn't always have a shape,Almost never does it have a name,It maybe has a pitchfork, maybe has a tail,But evil is alive and well. Jakob Dylan evilnamesdoe A guilty conscience means at least you have one. Jakob Dylan guilty-consciencewisdommean Bob Dylan led me to this kind of music - and it's his and ours. And it's nobody else's. Jakob Dylan dylankind There's only one thing that's certainAnd that's everybody, everybody's hurting Jakob Dylan one-thinghurt My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity. Jakob Dylan perseverancewritingsong To us, there was Bob Dylan, and there was dad. As for what he meant to other people, that was never glorified in our house. There were no accolades there, no gold records. Jakob Dylan dadhousepeople Folk music is not for a select group of people who feel that maybe he taught them about this music and that it belongs to them. It doesn't belong only to them. It belongs to everyone who's interested in the blueprints of good songwriting. Jakob Dylan selectmusic-ispeople
