Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fool's gold mouthpiece the hollow horn
Plays wasted words, proves to warn
That he not busy being born is busy dying
I was too busy to oblige them by dying just now.
The government should be getting out of the business of being in business.
Human beings — they go on being born and dying, dying and being born. It's kind of boring, isn't it?
If you're not busy living, you're dying.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
You always have to keep pushing to innovate. Dylan could have sung protest songs forever and probably made a lot of money, but he didn’t. He had to move on, and when he did, by going electric in 1965, he alienated a lot of people. His 1966 Europe tour was his greatest…. The Beatles were the same way. They kept evolving, moving, refining their art. That’s what I’ve always tried to do — keep moving. Otherwise, as Dylan says, if you are not busy being born, you’re busy dying.
Otherwise, as Dylan says, if you're not busy being born, you're busy dying.
Monks, a lay follower should not engage in five types of business. Which five? Business in weapons, business in human beings, business in meat, business in intoxicants, and business in poison.
It always comes down to just two choices. Get busy living, or get busy dying.