Ive been up the mountain and I had a choice. Should I come down? So I came down. God said, Okay, youve been up on the mountain, now you go down. Youre on your own, free. Check in later, but now youre on your own. – Bob Dylan
Maybe in the 90s or possibly in the next century people will look upon the 80s as the age of masturbation, when it was taken to the limit; that might be all thats going on right now in a big way. – Bob Dylan
For them that think deaths honesty wont fall upon them naturally life sometimes must get lonely. – Bob Dylan
Although the masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools got nothing, Ma, to live up to. – Bob Dylan
In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge. – Bob Dylan
Ah, but I was so much older then, Im younger than that now. – Bob Dylan
Well, I dont know, but Ive been told the streets in heaven are lined with gold. I ask you how things could get much worse if the Russians happen to get up there first; Wowee! pretty scary! – Bob Dylan
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent. – Bob Dylan
But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked. – Bob Dylan
Democracy dont rule the world, you better get that in your head; this world is ruled by violence, but I guess thats better left unsaid. – Bob Dylan
Im more of an adventurous type than a relationship type. – Bob Dylan
I dont think Ive ever been an agnostic. Ive always thought theres a superior power, that this is not the real world and that theres a world to come. – Bob Dylan
Its not easy to define poetry. – Bob Dylan
Heres the thing with me and the religious thing. This is the flat-out truth: I find the religiosity and philosophy in the music. I dont find it anywhere else. – Bob Dylan
You cant imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high-rise multi-towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of life. – Bob Dylan
Look, when I started out, mainstream culture was Sinatra, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Sound of Music. There was no fitting into it then and of course, theres no fitting into it now. – Bob Dylan
Whats 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
Dont matter how much money you got, theres only two kinds of people: theres saved people and theres lost people. – Bob Dylan
Money doesnt talk, it swears. – Bob Dylan
Im sick of giving creeps money off my soul. – Bob Dylan