What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

The remark rejects wealth as the primary measure of achievement and replaces it with autonomy: success is the ability to shape one’s day according to one’s own desires. Its plain, almost folksy cadence underscores a democratic idea of fulfillment—available in principle to anyone, regardless of status—while also hinting at the rarity of true freedom in a world structured by economic necessity and social expectation. Read in light of Dylan’s public persona, it aligns with his recurring skepticism toward conventional fame and material reward, emphasizing inner agency and self-determination over external validation.