All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.
I can’t see myself singing the same song twice in a row. That’s terrible.
Yesterday’s just a memory, tomorrow is never what it’s supposed to be.
I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.
At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.
All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.
This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.
You say you’ve lost your faith But that’s not where it’s at You have no faith to lose and you know it.
Got no religion. Tried a bunch of different religions. The churches are divided. Can’t make up their minds and neither can I.
Chaos is a friend of mine.
I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I’ll die like a poet.
To live outside the law, you must be honest.
Don’t forget to support your public library.
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people, they’re drinking, thinking that they got it made. Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things, but you’d better lift your diamond ring, you’d better pawn it, babe.
You don’t have to be afraid of looking into my face. We’ve done nothing to each other that time will not erase.
The radio makes hideous sounds.
Jesus tapped me on the shoulder and said, Bob, why are you resisting me? I said, I’m not resisting you! He said, You gonna follow me? I said, I’ve never thought about that before! He said, When you’re not following me, you’re resisting me.
Look out your window, and I’ll be gone. You’re the reason I’m a-traveling on...
Call me any name you like I will never deny it.
Bullets can harm you and death can disarm you, but no, you will not be deceived. Stripped of all virtue as you crawl through the dirt, you can give but you cannot receive.