Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

Quote by Bob Dylan

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When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?

When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?

She's got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't look back.

She's got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't look back.

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and...

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and...

Chaos is a friend of mine.

Chaos is a friend of mine.

In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge.

In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge.

All the money you make will never buy back your soul.

All the money you make will never buy back your soul.

Chaos is a friend of mine.

Chaos is a friend of mine.

The radio makes hideous sounds.

The radio makes hideous sounds.

You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past - whatever experience gotten in any...

You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past - whatever experience gotten in any...

I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet...

I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet...

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to...

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to...

Being on tour is like being in limbo. It's like going from nowhere to nowhere.

Being on tour is like being in limbo. It's like going from nowhere to nowhere.

This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world...

This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world...

Yesterday's just a memory, tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be.

Yesterday's just a memory, tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be.

When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it -...

When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it -...

I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are...

I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are...

I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without...

I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without...

Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything.

Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything.

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all...

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all...

There is nothing so stable as change.

There is nothing so stable as change.