I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.

Quote by Bob Dylan

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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...

I'm just glad to be feeling better. I really thought I'd be seeing Elvis soon.

I'm just glad to be feeling better. I really thought I'd be seeing Elvis soon.

He not busy being born is busy dying.

He not busy being born is busy dying.

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes...

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes...

I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.

I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.

I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet.

I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet.

Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past.

Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past.

If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of...

If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of...

Music can save people, but it can't in the commercial way it's being used. It's...

Music can save people, but it can't in the commercial way it's being used. It's...

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.

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...

Chaos is a friend of mine.

Chaos is a friend of mine.

I'm just glad to be feeling better. I really thought I'd be seeing Elvis soon.

I'm just glad to be feeling better. I really thought I'd be seeing Elvis soon.

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

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

All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that...

All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that...

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.

What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.

Johnny's in the basement, mixin' up the medicine...I'm on the pavement, thinkin' about the government.

Johnny's in the basement, mixin' up the medicine...I'm on the pavement, thinkin' about the government.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state,...

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state,...

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits...

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits...