I. Frost's Selected Quotations

Everything at Amazon by and about: Bob Dylan

...the answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
Blowin' in the wind- The Freewheelin' 1963

... let me ask you one question is your money that good, Will it buy you forgiveness, do you think that it could..
(Masters of War- The Freewheelin' 1963-)

... you don't need a weather man, To know which way the wind blows...

there's no success like failure And failure's no success at all
( Love Minus Zero/ No Limit-Bringing it all Back Home-1965- )

... Money doesn't talk it swears...
( It's Alright, Ma / I'm Only Bleeding-Bringing it all Back Home- 1965- )

...When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose...
( Like a Rolling Stone- Highway 61 Revisited- 1965-)

..the geometry of innocence flesh on the bone...
( Tombstone Blues - Highway 61 Revisited - 1965 )

... Inside the museums , Infinity goes up on trial...
( Visions of Johanna - Blonde on Blonde - 1966 - )

... She takes just like a woman, She makes love just like a woman, She aches just like a woman... But she breaks just like a little girl...
( Just like a woman - Blonde on Blonde -1966- )

To live outside the law, you must be honest...
( Absolutely Sweet Marie - Blonde on Blonde - 1966 )

... I'm closing the book On the pages and the text And I don't really care what happens next...
( Going, Going, Gone - Planet Waves - 1974)

... May you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung, and may you stay forever young...
( Forever Young - Planet Waves - 1974 )

... Eden is burning, either brace yourself for elimination, Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards...
( Changing of the Guards - Street Legal - 1978)

... Socialism , hypnotism , patriotism , materialism , Fools making laws for the breaking of jaws , and the sound of the keys as they clink... But there's no time to think...
( No Time To Think - Street Legal - 1978 )

...The truth was obscure , too profound and too pure, to live it you had to explode...
( Where are you Tonight ? /Journey Through The Dark - Street Legal - 1978 )

...It may be the devil or it may be the lord, But you're gonna have to serve somebody...
( Gotta Serve Somebody - Slow Train Coming - 1979 )

... the enemy I see wears the cloak of decency, All non believers and men stealers talking in the name of religion...
( Slow Train - Slow Train Coming - 1979 )

... Man has invented his doom , the first step was touching the moon...
( Licence To Kill - Infidels - 1983 )

... He could be standing next to you the person that you notice least, I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace...
( Man Of Peace - Infidels - 1983 )

All the money you make will never buy back your soul.
Masters Of War

Charity is suppose to cover up for a multitude of sins.
Something's Burning Baby

I've always been the kind of person that doesn't like to trespass, but sometimes you just find yourself over the line. Brownsville Girl

May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong, may you stay forever young.
Forever Young

People don't do what they believe in, they just do what's most convenient, then they repent.
Brownsville Girl

Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than people who are most content.
Brownsville Girl

The naked truth is still taboo.
Dirge

Yesterday's just a memory, tomorrow is never what it's suppose to be.
Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight

I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for today, until my dying day.
Bob Dylan; The Byrds, Mr. Tambourine Man

How many times must a cannon ball fly before they are forever banned?
Bob Dylan; Peter, Paul, and Mary, Blowin' In The Wind

Each of us has his own special gift and you know this was meant to be true. And if you don't under estimate me, I won't under estimate you.
Dear Landlord

I ain't looking to compete with you, beat, or cheat, or mistreat you, simplify you, classify you, deny, defy, or crucify you.
All I really want to do is, baby, be friends with you.
Bob Dylan; The Byrds,

Love is all there is, it makes the world go around.
Love and only love, it can't be denied.
I Threw It All Away

Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain. Not Dark Yet

Everybody's wearing a disguise, to hide what they've got left behind their eyes.
Abandoned Love

In this age of fiberglass, I'm searching for a gem.
Dirge

The dirt of gossip blows into my face and the dust rumours cover me. But if the arrow is straight and the point is slick, it can pierce through dust no matter how thick. -
Restless Farewell

Well, I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them.
Maggie's Farm

You'll find out when you reach the top, you're on the bottom. Idiot Wind

Mama, put my guns in the ground, I can't shoot them anymore. That long black cloud is coming down.
Knockin' On Heaven's Door

I see through your brain like I see through the water that runs down the drain.
Masters Of War

Idiot wind, blowing every time you open your mouth.
Idiot Wind

You're an idiot, babe, it's a wonder that you still know how to breath.
Idiot Wind

Democracy don't rule the world, you'd better get that in your head. This world is ruled by violence, but I guess that's better left unsaid.
Union Sundown

Mama, wipe the blood from my face, I'm sick and tired of the war. Got that old black feeling and it's out to trace, feels like I'm knocking on heaven's door.
Knocking On Heaven's Door

Maybe someday you will understand, that something for nothing is everybody's plan.
Maybe Someday

Steal a little and they throw you in jail,
steal a lot and they make you king.
Sweetheart Like You

We weren't on the wrong side, we were the wrong side.
Drifting Too Far From Home

How does it feel to be on your own, without a home, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone?
Like A Rolling Stone

How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky? Bob Dylan; Peter, Paul, and Mary, Blowin' In The Wind

Life is sad, life is a bust, all you can do is do what you must. Buckets Of Rain

What drives me to you, drives me insane.
Isis

When you're sad and when you're lonely and you haven't got a friend, just remember that death is not the end.
Death Is Not The End

God knows there's a heaven.
God Knows

One should never be where one does not belong.
The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest

Don't criticize what you can't understand.
The Times They Are A-Changing

People tell me it's a sin, to know and feel too much within.
Simple Twist Of Fate

It ain't my cup of meat.
Bob Dylan; Manfred Mann, Quinn The Eskimo

Reality has always had too many heads.
Cold Irons Bound

Feel ashamed to live in a land where justice is a game.
Hurricane

Sometimes I think this whole world is one big prison yard. Some of us are prisoners, the rest of us are guards.
George Jackson

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom

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 mistake is to commit a misunderstanding.

A poem is a naked person... Some people say that I am a poet.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be

I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking theres some kind of change.

I say there're no depressed words just depressed minds.

I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet.

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.

If I wasn't I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself

It rubs me the wrong way, a camera... It's a frightening thing...Cameras make ghosts out of people.

Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything.

There is nothing so stable as change.

Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past.

Don't ask me nothin' about nothin'. I just might tell you the truth.

Definition destroys, there's nothing definite in this world.

When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?

I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.