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Bob Dylan ~ Panegyric

When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose. - Bob Dylan, Like A Rolling Stone

About Me

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot. Bob Dylan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bent out of shape from society's pliers, cares not to come up any higher, but rather get you down in the hole that he's in. - Bob Dylan, It's Alright, Ma ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heard ten thousand whispering and nobody listening. Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughing. Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter. - Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry? Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows that too many people have died? - Bob Dylan; Peter, Paul, and Mary, Blowin' In The Wind ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. - Bob Dylan; The Byrds, My Back Pages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The swift don't win the race. It goes to the worthy, who can divide the word of truth. - Bob Dylan, I and I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You better start swimming or sink like a stone, cause the times they are a-changing. - Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. - Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All the money you make will never buy back your soul. - Bob Dylan, Masters Of War ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Charity is suppose to cover up for a multitude of sins. - Bob Dylan, Something's Burning Baby ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Every pleasures got an edge of pain, pay for your ticket and don't complain. - Bob Dylan, Silvio ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you. - Bob Dylan, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've always been the kind of person that doesn't like to trespass, but sometimes you just find yourself over the line. - Bob Dylan, Brownsville Girl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late. - Bob Dylan; Jimi Hendrix, All Along the Watchtower ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong, may you stay forever young. - Bob Dylan, Forever Young ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Satan will give you a little taste, then he'll move in with rapid speed. - Bob Dylan, Trouble In Mind ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stay free of petty jealousies, live by no man's code, and hold your judgment for yourself, lest you wind up on this road. - Bob Dylan, I Am A Lonesome Hobo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than people who are most content. - Bob Dylan, Brownsville Girl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The naked truth is still taboo. - Bob Dylan, Dirge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The walls of pride are high and wide, can't see over to the other side. - Bob Dylan, Cold Irons Bound ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose. - Bob Dylan, Like A Rolling Stone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. - Bob Dylan, Dear Landlord ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How many a year has passed and gone and many gamble has been lost and won, and many a road taken by a friend and each one I've never seen again. - Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan's Dream ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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, All I Really Want To Do ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I gotta friend who spends his life, stabbing my picture with a bowie knife. Dreams of strangling me with a scarf, when my name comes up he pretends to barf. - Bob Dylan, I Shall Be Free ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You breathed on me and made my life a richer one to live, when I was deep in poverty you taught me how to give. Dried the tears up from my dreams and pulled me from my hole, quenched my thirst and satisfied the burning in my soul. - Bob Dylan, Wedding Song ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You use to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat, who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat. - Bob Dylan, Like A Rolling Stone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She aches just like a woman, but she breaks just like a little girl. - Bob Dylan, Just Like A Woman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shakespeare, he's in the alley with his pointed shoes and his bells, speaking to some French girl who says she knows me well. - Bob Dylan, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Done so many evil things in the name of love, it's a crying shame. I never did see no fire that could put out a flame. - Bob Dylan, Ain't No Man Righteous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud, I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form. - Bob Dylan, Shelter From The Storm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~B ob's parents 1939 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DID SOMEONE SAY POLK-A-DOTS ??????????????????????????????///~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GERDE'S FOLK CITY - 1962~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~One of the young Dylan's favourite haunts, The Gaslight was originally a "basket house", where performers were paid the proceeds of a passed around basket. Opened in 1958 by John Mitchell, a wild-looking Bohemian and legendary pioneer of Greenwich Village coffee-houses, the dark, steamy, subterranean Gaslight had showcased beat poets Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso but became a folk club when Sam Hood took it over. Dylan premiered Masters Of War and many other songs here. The Kettle Of Fish bar, above stairs, was also a regular drinking hang- out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JOHNNY CASH IN HIS AND JUNE'S NYC APARTMENT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOB AND MARY TRAVERS ~ PETER, PAUL AND MARY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOB AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOB AND MIMI FARINA (JOAN'S SISTER)1964 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOB AND SUZIE ROTOLO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOB AND RICHARD FARINA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOB DYLAN, JOAN BAEZ, JOANIE BAEZ, MIMI FARINA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOB AND CAROLYN HESTER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOB AND HIS FIRST WIFE SARAH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !

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QUOTES ABOUT BOB DYLAN:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Joan Baez, songwriter of some note: "I heard about Bob Dylan before I heard him. Somebody invited me to Gerde's Folk City in 1961, and that was the first I heard him sing. He knocked me flat. Everything everyone said [about him] was right. I thought he was brilliant, amazing, a scuff ball." [A scuff ball?]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~Bono of U2: "I think he is a very tenacious character. I think underneath all the so-called eccentricity, which I think is just a mask, there's a very true person. He's a good father --- I've seen him with his children --- with a moral compass, and who can get lost at sea like everybody. But I think he's very strong." --- quoted in "The Day the Pope Stole My Shades," interview with Michka Assayas in The Sunday Times (London), May 29, 2005.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~Johnny Cash, the Man In Black: "I love Bob Dylan, I really do. I love his early work, I love the first time he plugged in electrically, I love his Christian albums, I love his other albums." --- quoted in: Musician, May 1988 (reprinted February, 1997).~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~Rodney Crowell, country songwriter: "I'm an intense Dylan fan... I think [Infidels is] one of the most remarkably written albums I've ever heard. And I thought that Desire was a brilliant album too. A song like 'I And I:' 'I took an untrodden path once where I dare not stumble or set foot...' [sic!] The language in that record is brilliant, it's beautiful. That song with 'sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace...' That's really inspired writing. ...I'm kind of rabid about that one [Infidels]. --- quoted in "Diamonds And Dirt," Songwriters On Songwriting, ed. Paul Zollo, 1991.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~DMC (Darryl McDaniels) of Run-DMC: "I always wanted to do in rap what Bob Dylan did for rock, when he picked up the electric guitar and everybody booed him, and yet he just played on, and he broke down that barrier." "I sat there and listened to Dylan and said he's like me. He don't care --- he's writing what he feels and needs to be said." --- quoted in: Listen To This! Leading Musicians Recommend Their Favorite Artists And Recordings, by Alan Reder and John Baxter, Hyperion, 1999.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~Donovan: [After mentioning the accusations of "ripping off" Dylan and being irritated with Dylan comparisons in general, Donovan tells this anecdote:] "I remember arriving, and Bobby Neuwirth, Dylan's roadie at the time, quietly bringing me into Dylan's suite... I went into a little television room, creeped in and shut the door. It was dark in there. Dylan was just a shadow. He was looking at the ice skating championships from Austria on television in a darkened room. He didn't say anything. We just sat down. Neither asked the other a question. There was nothing to say, nothing to ask. Slowly my eyes got accustomed to the dark, and I realized there were other figures in the room sitting on the couch. Slowly the figures became more real. It was John, Paul, George, and Ringo. I must say I felt a little out of my depth."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits: [On his voice sounding like Dylan's:] "Yeah, well, it would. I'm not really a singing singer. You're not looking at Dolly Parton here. I listened to Dylan avidly from eleven years old on... [The similarity] just came out naturally that way. But probably, because he's so ingrained in the consciousness, that style, that you can't help but sound that way part of the time. But I was never conscious of trying to be someone else all the time." --- quoted in "Private Investigations," Songwriters On Songwriting, ed. Paul Zollo, 1991.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead: "His delivery is so unique, and I don't think any of the guys in the band ever tried to imitate him --- that would be impossible --- but surely the way his songs scan, their rythym and their meter [affected us]." --- quoted in: Listen To This! Leading Musicians Recommend Their Favorite Artists And Recordings, by Alan Reder and John Baxter, Hyperion, 1999.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~Dave Matthews of the Dave Matthews Band (of course!): [Asked to name his favorites.] "It wouldn't be fair if I didn't name every Dylan record. It almost makes me furious sometimes, how good his lyrics are. You know, you aspire to things. I'm trying and trying [to write a song], and I'll get something and I'll say, 'That's pretty good,' and then I'll listen to Blood On the Tracks and think 'Who the hell am I kidding? What the hell am I talking about?' 'Come in, she said / I'll give you / shelter from the storm.' Asshole!" --- quoted in: Listen To This! Leading Musicians Recommend Their Favorite Artists And Recordings, by Alan Reder and John Baxter, Hyperion, 1999.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ Roger McGuinn of the Byrds: "The first time I heard [Dylan] was in Greenwich Village at Folk City. He had just come to new York from the West Coast. He had only a couple of songs that he had written himself. Mostly he was doing Woodie Guthrie songs. I remember the little girls used to like him a lot. They'd kind of squeal when he got on stage and get all excited. I didn't have any idea that he'd get as big as he did. But he was really good."[On the Byrds recording "Mr. Tambourine Man:"] "...I didn't think it was commercial. I thought it was soft and ballad-like; it didn't have any punch to it. But we punched it up." --- quoted in "Flying With the Byrds," Songwriters On Songwriting, ed. Paul Zollo, 1991.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~John (Cougar) Mellencamp: "If Woody Guthrie set the bar for American songwriters, Bob Dylan jumped right over it. No one I know will ever come close to possessing the beauty of melody and the use of language that Dylan shares with us, with ease. I once asked Bob... 'Tell me how you did it. I mean, how did you write all those beautiful songs?' His response, so vague and so poignant, was nothing short of remarkable: 'I don't know what you're talking about. I've only ever written four songs in my whole life, but I've written those four songs a million times.'"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~Van Morrison, The Man Himself, songwriter supreme: "But there's still some people I admire and listen to who can't be ignored. You were talking about poetry. Dylan is the greatest living poet... Dylan's not pop. No way. We're definitely connected on various levels. It was interesting because I'd stopped thinking about the whole music business, making albums. I was quite fed up with it. Then I saw him recently and I thought, 'Well, here's somebody who's still doing it and he's good.' It sort of gave me a kick in the ass. "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nobody puts Bob in the corner !]

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