1,300 Quotes by Bob Dylan

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    I always thought the best kind of sunglasses are the motorcycle helmets with the black plastic masks on them. That way, nobody can recognize the back of your head either.

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    I used to play hockey when I was growing up. Everyone sort of learns how to skate and play hockey at an early age.

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    I like spiritual songs. They struck me as truthful and serious. They brought me down to earth and they lifted me up all in the same moment.

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    Johnny was and is the North Star. You could guide your ship by him.

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    The best songs are the songs you write that you don't know anything about. They're an escape.

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

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    My songs were influenced not so much by poetry on the page but by poetry being recited by the poets who recited poems with jazz bands.

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