“Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.”
“A lot of people don't have much food on their table. But they got a lot of forks 'n knives. And they got to cut somethin'.”
“When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to loose.”
“New York was a city where you could be frozen to death in the midst of a busy street and nobody would notice.”
“Well my ship’s been split to splinters and it’s sinkin' fast I’m drownin’ in the poison, got no future, got no past But my heart is not weary, it’s light and it’s free I’ve got nothin’ but affection for all those who’ve sailed with meEverybody movin’ if they ain’t already there Everybody got to move somewhere Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow Things should start to get interestin' right about nowMy clothes are wet, tight on my skin Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in I know that fortune is waitin’ to be kind So give me your hand and say you’ll be mineWell, the emptiness is endless, cold as the clay You can always come back, but you can’t come back all the way Only one thing I did wrong Stayed in Mississippi a day too long -Bob Dylan, “Mississippi”
“Well, I’ve been to London and I’ve been to gay Paris I’ve followed the river and I got to the sea I’ve been down on the bottom of a world full of lies I ain’t looking for nothing in anyone’s eyes Sometimes my burden seems more than I can bear It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting thereI was born here and I’ll die here against my will I know it looks like I’m moving, but I’m standing still Every nerve in my body is so vacant and numb I can’t even remember what it was I came here to get away from Don’t even hear a murmur of a prayer It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there-Bob Dylan, “Not Dark Yet” (1997)”
“You've got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend. When I was down you just stood there a grinin”