A poem is a naked person.... Some people say that I am a poet.

— Bob Dylan

Beauty walks a razors edge, someday I'll make it mine.

— Bob Dylan

Be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want." -Bob Dylan's Dad

— Bob Dylan

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

— Bob Dylan

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.

— Bob Dylan

But, like Shakespeare, I too am often occupied with the pursuit of my creative endeavors and dealing with all aspects of life's mundane matters. "Who are the best musicians for these songs?" "Am I recording in the right studio?" "Is this song in the right key?" Some things never change, even in 400 years. Not once have I ever had the time to ask myself, "Are my songs' literature?" So, I do thank the Swedish Academy, both for taking the time to consider that very question, and, ultimately, for providing such a wonderful answer.

— Bob Dylan

Come senators, congressmen Please heed the Caledon't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a battle outside ragin'. It'll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are changing'.

— Bob Dylan

Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The chance won't come again And don't speak too soon For the wheel's still in spin And there's no tellin' who That it's naming'For the loser now Will be later to win For the times they are changing'.

— Bob Dylan

Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land where justice is a game.

— Bob Dylan

DESTINY is a feeling you have that you know something about yourself nobody else does. The picture you have in your own mind of what you're about WILL COME TRUE. It's a kind of thing you kind of have to keep to your own self, because it's a fragile feeling, and you put it out there, then someone will kill it. It's best to keep that all inside.

— Bob Dylan