Jakob Dylan Quotes

People take songs so literally.

A lot of people don't listen to the lyrics, really.

People relate to songs so differently. No matter what it's about in reality, people create their own meaning behind it and connect with it on their own terms.

There are many songs that have become popular and people sing along with it without knowing the meaning of its lyrics.

After talking to people and meeting them every day, I realize that a song can be written from one perspective with an objective in mind. What is crazy about it is that many different people can take one song a totally different way. That is so cool, since music is a universal thing and a very personal thing.

I tend to explain my songs.

My songs are self-explanatory... somebody pointed out to me that... my songs pretty much speak for themselves.

People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words.

The video forum for me has been a source of great consternation because once you start projecting a look to a song, it robs the listener of their ability to adopt that song and make the lyric their own.

The experience of reading a book is always unique. I believe that you render a version of the story, when you read a book, in a way that is unique and special to each person who reads it.

You can say what you think music is, but the only way it really is, is how people experience it.

I get the lyrics of a tune and interpret them my way.

My favorite song is called 'Reachout.' There are so many different stories told in that song. I think anyone who listens to it will gather a different meaning, but each answer is true. I also like the sound of it, period - there are a lot of classical influences.

Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about.

It is a very serious consideration for a lyricist to step in there and suggest the meaning to a song. The music is speaking for itself.

'If You Could Read My Mind' is a different experience every time I sing it. It's just that kind of a song.

I don't really like to talk about what my songs are about.

If you get music on a personal level, you are doing something right. It's not just in one ear and out the other.

That's my favorite part about songwriting, the way you write a song, and someone else might hear it a different way.

I sometimes never really realize what lyrics are saying.

I make my songs slightly abstract so that people can interpret them their own way. I think that's a lot more special, so you can hear a song and think, 'I feel exactly that way,' even if it wasn't written for that feeling.

'Unbelievers' was a song that we felt like we could tackle, so that's one of the reasons we wanted to start playing it live, we really believed in that song and we still believe in that song a lot.

I'd rather people interpret the songs and get whatever they can out of them instead of thinking about me crying in a room with a guitar.

Even at the time, I realised this couldn't be right, that this interpretation didn't fit with the rest of the lyrics. But that wasn't an issue with me. The song was about what I said, and I used to listen to it again and again, on my own, whenever I got the chance.

We think we understand a song's lyrics but what makes us believe in them, or not, is the music