A lot of people can't stand touring, but to me it's like breathing. I do it because I'm driven to do it.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.
No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.
I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.
I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.
I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet.
I don't call myself a poet, because I don't like the word. I'm a trapeze artist.
I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.
In writing songs I've learned as much from Cézanne as I have from Woody Guthrie.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
You can't be wise and in love at the same time.
If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself.
Being on tour is like being in limbo. It's like going from nowhere to nowhere.
Everything passes. Everything changes. Just do what you think you should do.
Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything.
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
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.
What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.
Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.
People today are still living off the table scraps of the '60s. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas.
