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
Well, my daddy, he didn't leave me much, you know he was a very simple man, but what he did tell me was this, he did say, son, he said, he say, you know it's possible to become so defiled in this world that your own father and mother will abandon you and if that happens, God will always believe in your ability to mend your ways.
Well, it's hard to stumble And land in some muddy lagoon When it's nine below zero And three o'clock in the afternoon.
A poem is a naked person.
Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.
Technology to wipe out truth is now available. Not everybody can afford it but it's available. When the cost comes down, look out!
It's like going out to the desert and screaming and then having little kids throw their sandbox at you. I'm only 24.
They're selling postcards of the hanging They're painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors The circus is in town Here comes the blind commissioner They've got him in a trance One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker The other is in his pants And the riot squad they're restless They need somewhere to go As Lady and I look out tonight From Desolation Row.
I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul...
Look at the sun sinkin' like a ship. Ain't that just like my heart, babe. When you kissed my lips?
God said: "Abraham, kill me a son. Abe said: "Man, you must be putting me on." God said: "No." Abe said: "What" God said: "You can do what you want Abe but the next time you see me coming you'd better run". Abe said: "Where you want this killing done?" God said: "Out on Highway 61.
Everything that I'm saying You can say it just as good
Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want (Bob Dylan's dad)
Don't Ask Me Nothing About Nothing, I Just Might Tell You the Truth
I'm the oldest son of a crazy man, I'm in a cowboy band.