Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Bob Dylan Quotes
Limitations of ArtPerspectiveExperience I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.
ChallengeAcceptanceResilience A lot of people don't like the road, but it's as natural to me as breathing.
EqualityMortalityCommonality All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.
HappinessOvercoming FearPassion I'm mortified to be on the stage, but then again, it's the only place where I'm happy.
PatriotismJudgment I like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, I gotta say that. But America will be judged.
SacrificeAmbitionSelf-DiscoveryPurpose Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.
FaithAfterlifeReality I don't think I've ever been an agnostic. I've always thought there's a superior power, that this is not the real world and that there's a world to come.
EmotionChangeSensitivity I can be jubilant one moment and pensive the next, and a cloud could go by and make that happen.
Self-PreservationPragmatismSelf-Control I'm not the kind of cat that's going to cut off an ear if I can't do something.
IntegrityConvictionRegretConvenience People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
HappinessPerformancePassion At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.
PassionDriveMotivation A lot of people can't stand touring but to me it's like breathing. I do it because I'm driven to do it.
ResponsibilityFreedomHeroism A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
HumorSarcasmCollege LifeMortality Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.
Live PerformanceAuthenticityExperienceMusic Quality My songs always sound a lot better in person than they do on the record.
InspirationScarcityProactivenessOpportunity Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.
TraditionModernityTimelessnessChange You can't imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high-rise multi-towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of life.
GodDivine NatureArbitrariness You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent; God, the all-great; God, the Almighty; God, the most powerful; God, the giver of life; God, the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary.
DreamNatureUnnaturalDecay I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay.
PracticalitySubstanceFulfillment What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.
SalvationSpiritualityMaterialism Don't matter how much money you got, there's only two kinds of people: there's saved people and there's lost people.
DemocracyViolencePowerReality 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.
NatureWildernessSolitudeBelonging The land created me. I'm wild and lonesome. Even as I travel the cities, I'm more at home in the vacant lots.
FulfillmentHappinessSuccessAutonomyPurpose What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
ChangeDiligenceGrowth MindsetSelf-Improvement I realize I don't do a very good job in keeping up to date, but I try to.
RepresentationUnityLeadershipValueIdentity I'm speaking for all of us. I'm the spokesman for a generation.
MortalityPurposeHumilityImpactAcceptance You're going to die. You're going to be dead. It could be 20 years, it could be tomorrow, anytime. So am I. I mean, we're just going to be gone. The world's going to go on without us. All right now. You do your job in the face of that, and how seriously you take yourself you decide for yourself.