Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylanis an American singer-songwriter, artist and writer. He has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when his songs chronicled social unrest, although Dylan repudiated suggestions from journalists that he was a spokesman for his generation. Nevertheless, early songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the American civil rights and anti-war movements. After he left...
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth24 May 1941
CityDuluth, MN
The enemy is subtle, how be it we are so deceived, when truth's in our hearts and we still don't believe.
If I had the stars from the darkest night and the diamonds from the deepest ocean, I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss, for that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'.
The highlight of my career? That's easy, Elvis recording one of my songs.
Someone handed me Mexico City Blues in St. Paul [Minnesota] in 1959 and it blew my mind. It was the first poetry that spoke my own language.
I don't call myself a poet, because I don't like the word.
You know, the streets are filled with vipers Who've lost all ray of hope You know, it ain't even safe no more In the palace of the Pope
If I could have any job in the world, I'd start out by writing a blog on Wired.com.
Well, it's always been my nature to take chances My right hand drawing back while my left hand advances
I once loved a girl, her skin it was bronze With the innocence of a lamb, she was gentle like a fawn I courted her proudly but now she is gone Gone as the season she's taken
All the tired horses in the sun How'm I supposed to get any ridin' done? Hmm.
Even I don't know what I'm saying most of the time.
It pays to know who your friends are but it also pays to know you ain't got any friends.
keep a clean nose, watch the plain-clothes.
I made a bargain with him, the chief in a world we can't see. (devil)