“People are crazy and times are strange… I used to care but things have changed”
Song lyrics, The Essential Bob Dylan (2000), Things Have Changed (recorded 1999)
Variant: I used to care, but things have changed.
Context: People are crazy and times are strange
I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range,
I used to care, but things have changed.
“People call, say beware doll, you're bound to fall, you thought they were all, kiddin you.”
Song lyrics, Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Like a Rolling Stone
Context: Once upon a time you dressed so fine, threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you. People call, say beware doll, you're bound to fall, you thought they were all, kiddin you.
Rolling Stone #1078 (14 May 2009), p. 45
Context: It's peculiar and unnerving in a way to see so many young people walking around with cellphones and iPods in their ears and so wrapped up in media and video games. It robs them of their self-identity. It's a shame to see them so tuned out to real life. Of course they are free to do that, as if that's got anything to do with freedom. The cost of liberty is high, and young people should understand that before they start spending their life with all those gadgets.
Rolling Stone #1078 (14 May 2009), p. 45
Context: It's peculiar and unnerving in a way to see so many young people walking around with cellphones and iPods in their ears and so wrapped up in media and video games. It robs them of their self-identity. It's a shame to see them so tuned out to real life. Of course they are free to do that, as if that's got anything to do with freedom. The cost of liberty is high, and young people should understand that before they start spending their life with all those gadgets.
“Come gather ’round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown.”
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’.
Song lyrics, Knocked Out Loaded (1986), Brownsville Girl (with Sam Shepard)
“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”
Variant: Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet!
“People disagreeing everywhere you look
Makes you wanna stop and read a book”
Song lyrics, Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II (1971), Watching the River Flow
Source: http://www.interferenza.com/bcs/interw/65-aug.htm Bob Dylan Interview
“a poem is a naked person... some people say that I am a poet”
Liner notes http://bobdylan.com/linernotes/bringing.html, Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
Song lyrics, Bob Dylan (1962), Talking New York
Song lyrics, Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Like a Rolling Stone
“An' though the rules of the road have been lodged
It's only people's games that you got to dodge”
Song lyrics, Bringing It All Back Home (1965), It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
The Guardian (13 February 1992)