The worth of things can't be measured by what they cost but by what the cost you to get it, that if anything costs you your faith or your family, then the price is too high, and that there are some things that will never wear out. Bob Dylan More Quotes by Bob Dylan More Quotes From Bob Dylan You have to look at every one of your songs and be able to identify with them in a meaningful way. You can hardly sing your songs unless you're in them. If you want to fake it, go ahead. Fake it if you want. But I'm not that kind of singer. Bob Dylan fake song meaningful After becoming famous once again - a 1976 song, "Hurricane," even marked a return to protest songwriting - [Bob] Dylan got addicted to drugs, found Jesus, left Jesus, and put out a lot of swill. Bob Dylan drug song jesus Well now what's the use in dreamin' You got better things to do Dreams never did work for me anyway Even when they did come true Bob Dylan wells use dream Done laid around, done stayed around Bob Dylan done song long I don't think I'm tangible to myself. Bob Dylan tangible thinking Bob has never written a bad song. Bob Dylan is a genius. Bob Dylan bob genius song So happy just to be alive, Bob Dylan sky blue morning A lot of people from the press want to talk to me, but they never do. Bob Dylan talk-to-me want people A record ... is a statement, it's its own statement, its own entity, rather than being about something else. If I was a painter ... I don't paint the chair, I would paint feelings about the chair. Bob Dylan records paint feelings He's hell bent for destruction, he's afraid and confused, and his brain has been mismanaged with great skill. Bob Dylan confused skills evil 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 play people thinking What politics I ever learned, I learned in the streets, because it was part of the environment. Bob Dylan streets environment Folk songs are evasive-the truth about life, and life is more or less a lie, but then again that's exactly the way we want it to be. We wouldn't be comfortable with it any other way. A folk song has over a thousand faces and you must meet them all if you want to play this stuff. A folk song might vary in meaning and it might not appear the same from one moment to the next. It depends on who's playing and who's listening. Bob Dylan play song lying Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The chance won't come again And don't speak too soon For the wheel's still in spin And there's no tellin' who That it's namin' For the loser now Will be later to win For the times they are a-changin'. Bob Dylan wheels eye winning Every brain is civilized, Every nerve is analyzed, Everything is criticized when you are in need. Bob Dylan nerves brain needs You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past - whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever. Bob Dylan incredibles way past Too much information about nothing. Bob Dylan too-much-information media art I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow. Bob Dylan folk-music folks music Sailin' 'round the world in a dirty gondola Bob Dylan land dirty travel When I think of mystery, I don't think about myself. I think of the universe, like why does the moon rise when the sun falls? Caterpillars turn into butterflies? I really haven't remained a recluse. Bob Dylan butterfly fall thinking
