Bob Dylan Zitate

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„Ich akzeptiere das Chaos, ich bin mir aber nicht sicher, ob es mich akzeptiert.“

„Ein Mann ist erfolgreich, wenn er morgens aufsteht, abends ins Bett geht und dazwischen macht, was er möchte.“

„Kritisieren Sie nicht, was Sie nicht verstehen können.“

„Manchmal reicht es nicht aus zu wissen, was die Dinge bedeuten. Manchmal muss man wissen, was die Dinge nicht bedeuten.“

„Aber um außerhalb des Gesetzes zu leben, musst Du ehrlich sein.“

„Wenn du nichts hast, hast du nichts zu verlieren. Nun bist du unsichtbar, du hast keine Geheimnisse zu verbergen.“

„Spiel es verdammt laut!“

„Und ich werde auf dem Meer stehen, bis ich anfange zu sinken.“

„Ich habe mehr vergessen, als du jemals wissen wirst.“

“My so-called friends have fallen under a spell: they look me squarely in the eye and say, "Well; all is well."”

“I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned slowly into autumn.”

“I always have respected her for doin' what she did and gettin' free”

“Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can't sing, I call a poem.”

“With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves, let me forget about today until tomorrow.”

“Your lover who just walked out the door, has taken all his blankets from your floor.”

“Man thinks 'cause he rules the earth, he can do with it as he please. And if things don't change soon, he will.”

“My patron saint is a-fighting with a ghost. He's always off somewhere when I need him most.”

“If the songs are dreamed, it's like my voice is coming out of their dream.”

“We're going all the way, till the wheels fall off and burn, till the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the water moccasins die.”

“The rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame; preacherman seeks the same. Who'll get there first is uncertain.”

“I'm a poet, and I know it.”

“Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
And where have you been, my darling young one?”

“I know it looks like I'm moving, but I'm standing still
Every nerve in my body is so vacant and numb
I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from”

“But these visions of Johanna, they make it all seem so cruel.”

“You got some big dreams, baby, but in order to dream you gotta still be asleep.”

“Well, if you, my love, must think that-a-way,
I'm sure your mind is roamin'.
I'm sure your heart is not with me,
But with the country to where you're goin'.”

“In the dime stores and bus stations,
People talk of situations,
Read books repeat quotations,
Draw conclusions on the wall.”

“When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?”

“Throw my ticket out the window,
Throw my suitcase out there too,
Throw my troubles out the door, I don't need them anymore,
'Cause tonight I'll be staying here with you.”

“Well I tried my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them”

“The vagabond who's rapping at your door,
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore,
Strike another match, go start anew!
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.”

“Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm…”

“While others say don't hate nothing at all
Except hatred”

“I lived with them on Montague Street
In a basement down the stairs
There was music in the cafes at night
And revolution in the air.”

“Freedom just around the corner for you, but with truth so far off, what good will it do?”

“And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead”

“Somebody's got to cry some tears, I guess it must be up to me.”

“He could be standing next to you, the person that you notice least.”