Author: Jakob Dylan

Quotes

My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.

My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.

- Jakob Dylan

I don't feel like I chose to do music as much as I made a decision to not stop doing music.

I don't feel like I chose to do music as much as I made a decision to not stop doing music.

- Jakob Dylan

Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it and grind it out.

Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it and grind it out.

- Jakob Dylan

The back story of a songwriter isn't important to me - I don't listen to music needing to know who the guy is.

The back story of a songwriter isn't important to me - I don't listen to music needing to know who the guy is.

- Jakob Dylan

I've got a life that really matters to me, and that's because of the way I was raised. My ethics are high because my parents did a great job.

I've got a life that really matters to me, and that's because of the way I was raised. My ethics are high because my parents did a great job.

- Jakob Dylan

When I listen back to my music and everyone else that's out there, I'm aware that there's something I can do that the next guy doesn't do.

When I listen back to my music and everyone else that's out there, I'm aware that there's something I can do that the next guy doesn't do.

- Jakob Dylan

You couldn't really like a bad guitar in 1960 'cause everybody was pretty good.

You couldn't really like a bad guitar in 1960 'cause everybody was pretty good.

- Jakob Dylan

We've all had that experience where we hear a song that we've liked for many years, and we finally hear what the writer tells us what it's about, and you're often disappointed.

We've all had that experience where we hear a song that we've liked for many years, and we finally hear what the writer tells us what it's about, and you're often disappointed.

- Jakob Dylan

I'm a very upbeat, positive, optimistic type of person.

I'm a very upbeat, positive, optimistic type of person.

- Jakob Dylan

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