Bob Dylan tends not to have geographical or chronological markers that tie a song to any specific context, so they stay alive, stay relevant.

Some artists respond to critics' questions about their art. I think Bob Dylan would alwys refuse to respond to questions of that sort, he always has.

Bob Dylan truly is a poet whose song is part of the poetry.

Blues songs, like folk songs, are a continuous stream, and catching the continuities and thefts is part of what puts meaning and complexity into it - also part of the fun of it all.

He didn't want to play football. He wanted to be told the truth.

Which sort of shows why my body is an idiot, because forced narcolepsy is pretty much the worst defense ever.

Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise.

The blogosphere gives me my life, I am fortunate to have developed relationships with great websites who allow me to reach a whole ton of new people everyday.

If I hadn't been a part of [Harry Potter] I would have been deeply upset.

Lots of people with little kids or babies with Down syndrome tell me they aren't afraid of the future for their child because of what I am doing to help people understand it better.

Well, you know, if you do 200 shows a year, they're not all going to be like Castle Donnington.

A spirit is, like, your mother, my dad, who've made it. They can come around, but they come around in a loving way because they've already made it to God. Most people make it.

Man ... feels that he is a participator in the government of affairs not merely at an election, one day in the year, but every day.

Europe is slow to react, it is lagging behind in competitiveness, there are problems with demography, population, serious problems with security, internal security and military capabilities.