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People think they know me from my songs. But my repertoire of songs is so wide-ranging that you'd have to be a madman to figure out the characteristics of the person who wrote all those songs.

Bob Dylan

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Bob Dylan
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: May 24
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I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.
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I really don't like to hurt myself. I have a good understanding with all the women who have been in my life, whether I see them occasionally or not.
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It's like my whole life never happened, When I see you, it's as if I never had a thought. I know this dream, it might be crazy, But it's the only one I've got.
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The Duke [John Wayne] was a massive figure. He looked like a heavy piece of hauled lumber, and it didn't seem like any man could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.
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Gotta head full of ideas that are driving me insane.
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