The song was there before me, before I came along. I just sorta came down and just sorta took it down with a pencil, but it was there before I came around. Bob Dylan More Quotes by Bob Dylan More Quotes From Bob Dylan What drives me to you, drives me insane. Bob Dylan endearment insane You don't necessarily have to write to be a poet. Some people work in gas stations and they're poets. I don't call myself a poet, because I don't like the word. I'm a trapeze artist. Bob Dylan artist writing people If you need somebody you can trust, trust yourself Bob Dylan trust-yourself adages needs Dealing with my own life takes priority over other people dealing with my life. Bob Dylan priorities my-own people I can picture the color of the song, or the shape of it, or who it is that I'm trying to appeal to, in the song, and what I'm trying to, almost, reinforce my feelings for. And I know that sounds sort of vague and abstract, but I've got a handle on it when I'm doing it. Bob Dylan color feelings song ... we're living in a Machiavellian world, whether we like it or we don't. Bob Dylan insanity world How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see? Bob Dylan unanswered-questions song men You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way. Bob Dylan way For whose sake did you live, for whose sake did you die? Forgive me, baby, for what I didn't do. Bob Dylan forgive-me baby death It's not important what other people call you. If you yourself know you're a fake, that's tougher to live with. Bob Dylan fake important people They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king. Bob Dylan jail kings life Your mind is a your temple, keep it beautiful and free. Don't let an egg get laid in it by something you can't see. Bob Dylan eggs education beautiful When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it - don't back down and don't give up - then you're going to mystify a lot of folks. Bob Dylan dont-give-up giving-up self-esteem If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure Bob Dylan failing heart trying You have to work out where your place is. And who you are. But we're all spirit. That's all we are, we're just walking dressed up in a suit of skin, and we're going to leave that behind. Bob Dylan suits work-out skins You're going to die. You're going to be dead. It could be 20 years, it could be tomorrow, anytime. So am I. I mean, we're just going to be gone. The world's going to go on without us. All right, now. You do your job in the face of that, and how seriously you take yourself, you decide for yourself. Bob Dylan jobs mean years If there's an original thought out there, I could use one right now. Bob Dylan original-thought originality use God, I'm glad I'm not me. Bob Dylan glad An artist has got to be careful never really to arrive at a place where he thinks he's AT somewhere. You always have to realize that you're constantly in a state of becoming. And, as long as you can stay in that realm you'll sort of be alright. Bob Dylan artist long thinking All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie. Bob Dylan truth add lying
