“Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.”
Author detail
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has been a major figure in music since the 1960s. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler, and an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of his songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. His early lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social and philosophical, as well as literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, and the performance style of Little Richard, Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres, exploring numerous distinct traditions in American song—from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly, to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan
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“Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.”
“The future for me is already a thing of the past - You were my first love and you will be my last”
“You can never be wise and be in love at the same time.”
“Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.”
“It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be...”
“I failed to communicate, that's why I chose to leave”
“You better start swimming, or you'll sink like a stone. Because the Time's they are a-changing.”
“I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.”
“All I can be is me- whoever that is.”
“He not busy being born is busy dying.”
“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)”
“There's only one day at a time here, then it's tonight and then tomorrow will be today again.”
“songs, to me, were more important than just light entertainment. They were my preceptor and guide into some altered consciousness of reality. Some different republic, some liberated republic...”
“You're gonna have to serve somebody; well, it may be the devil, or it may be the Lord, but you're gonna have to serve somebody...”
“They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.”
“Technology to wipe out truth is now available. Not everybody can afford it but it's available. When the cost comes down, look out!”
“...we are singing today of the WIPE-OUT GANG - the WIPE-OUT GANG buys, owns & operates the Insanity Factory - if you do not know where the Insanity Factory is located, you should hereby take...”
“Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.”
“look, you know i don't wanna come on ungrateful, but that warren report, you know as well as me, just didn't make it. You know, like they might as well have asked some banana salesman from d...”
“মোটাসোটা লোকে খোঁজে সুতীক্ষ্ণ ইস্পাত পাতে হাল্কা পাতলা লোকে খোঁজে তারে সব শেষ ভাতে ফাঁপা লোক খোঁজে তারে বুননের কারখানাটাতে মর্যাদা থাকেন কোথায়। জ্ঞানীলোক খোঁজে তারে তৃণদের ধারালো ফলায় তর...”