Bob Dylan: Doing

Bob Dylan is American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist. Explore interesting quotes on doing.
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“May God bless and keep you always,
May your wishes all come true,
May you always do for others
And let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung,
May you stay forever young”

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan quote: “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”

“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”

Bob Dylan

Variant: A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

“Do you take me for such a fool to think I'd make contact with one that tries to hide what he don't know to begin with.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Positively 4th Street

“Ron Rosenbaum: Why are you doing what you're doing?
Bob Dylan: [Pause] Because I don't know anything else to do. I'm good at it.
Ron Rosenbaum: How would you describe "it"?
Bob Dylan: I'm an artist. I try to create art.”

Bob Dylan

Playboy Interview http://www.interferenza.com/bcs/interw/play78.htm (1978)

“I think women rule the world, and that no man has ever done anything that a woman either hasn't allowed him to do or encouraged him to do.”

Bob Dylan

Rolling Stone interview (21 June 1984)

“You always said people don't do what they believe in; they just do what's most convenient, then they repent.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Knocked Out Loaded (1986), Brownsville Girl (with Sam Shepard)

“Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul”

Bob Dylan

Source: The Bob Dylan Scrapbook: 1956-1966

“When you asked me how I was doing, was that some kind of joke”

Bob Dylan

“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...

“Can you cook and sew, make flowers grow, do you understand my pain? Are you willing to risk it all or is your love in vain?”

Bob Dylan

“Oh God said to Abraham, Kill me a son.
Abe says, Man, you must be puttin' me on.
God say, No. Abe say, What?
God say, You can do what you want Abe, but
the next time you see me comin' you better run.
Well Abe says, Where do you want this killin' done?
God says, Out on Highway 61.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Highway 61 Revisited

“Everything passes
Everything changes
Just do what you think you should do
And someday maybe
Who knows, baby
I'll come and be cryin' to you”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964), To Ramona

“I began to think about William Shakespeare, the great literary figure. I would reckon he thought of himself as a dramatist. The thought that he was writing literature couldn't have entered his head. His words were written for the stage. Meant to be spoken not read. When he was writing Hamlet, I'm sure he was thinking about a lot of different things: "Who're the right actors for these roles?" "How should this be staged?" "Do I really want to set this in Denmark?" His creative vision and ambitions were no doubt at the forefront of his mind, but there were also more mundane matters to consider and deal with. "Is the financing in place?" "Are there enough good seats for my patrons?" "Where am I going to get a human skull?"”

Bob Dylan

I would bet that the farthest thing from Shakespeare's mind was the question "Is this literature?"
Nobel Banquet Speech

“When I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry real tears, it was the best damn thing I saw anybody do.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Knocked Out Loaded (1986), Brownsville Girl (with Sam Shepard)

“It sure do bother me to see my loved ones turning into puppets.”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Slow Train Coming (1979), Slow Train

“Bob Dylan: I do know what my songs are about.
Playboy: And what's that?
Bob Dylan: Oh, some are about four minutes; some are about five, and some, believe it or not, are about eleven or twelve.”

Bob Dylan

Playboy Interview http://www.interferenza.com/bcs/interw/66-jan.htm (February 1966)

“Don't know how it all got started, I don't know what they do with their lives…”

Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Blood on the Tracks (1975), Tangled Up In Blue