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“It's a wicked life, but what the hell, the stars ain't falling down.”

Bob Dylan

Source: Lyrics: 1962-2001

“I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.”

Bob Dylan

Interview published with the Biograph album set (1985)

“There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, so let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, John Wesley Harding (1967), All Along the Watchtower
Context: "No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late"

“the only thing i knew how to do was to keep on keeping on”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Blood on the Tracks (1975), Tangled Up In Blue
Variant: The only thing I knew how to do was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew...

“All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, The Essential Bob Dylan (2000), Things Have Changed (recorded 1999)

“Money doesn't talk, it swears.”

Bob Dylan

Source: Lyrics: 1962-2001

“Then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964), The Times They Are A-Changin'
Context: Come gather ’round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown.
And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’.

“Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're trying to be so quiet.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Blonde on Blonde (1966), Visions of Johanna
Source: Lyrics: 1962-2001

“Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964), My Back Pages
Variant: I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now.

From the back pages