• "I'm not going to be what you want me to be."(我不会成为你想要我成为的那个人。)—— 迪伦对唱片公司的宣言。
• "The question isn't what kind of music you want to play. The question is what kind of man you want to be."(问题不是你想演奏什么样的音乐。问题是你想成为什么样的人。)—— 迪伦与朋友的深夜对话。
• "Everyone wants to talk about how I changed. Nobody wants to talk about how much it hurt."(每个人都想谈论我改变了多少。没人想谈论这有多痛。)—— 迪伦转型期的内心独白。
• "I'm not a folk singer. I'm not a rock singer. I'm something that doesn't have a name yet."(我不是民谣歌手。我不是摇滚歌手。我是一个还没有名字的东西。)—— 迪伦对自己身份的思考。
• "Songs are not supposed to be safe. They're supposed to be true."(歌曲不应该是安全的。它们应该是真实的。)—— 迪伦的音乐哲学。