Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylanis an American singer-songwriter, artist and writer. He has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when his songs chronicled social unrest, although Dylan repudiated suggestions from journalists that he was a spokesman for his generation. Nevertheless, early songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the American civil rights and anti-war movements. After he left...
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth24 May 1941
CityDuluth, MN
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am...
Gates appeal to me because of the negative space they allow. They can be closed but at the same time they allow the seasons and breezes to enter and flow. They can shut you out or shut you in. And in some ways there is no difference.
I'm a good friend of Jonah Lehrer's. You should go on a date with him.
Every writer at the New Yorker is smarter than me.
If I could have any job in the world, I'd start out by writing a blog on Wired.com.
How many roads must a developer walk down, before they accept the amenities package?
I made a bargain with him, the chief in a world we can't see. (devil)
I put one on the turntable and when the needle dropped, I was stunned - didn't know whether I was stoned or straight.
Don't follow leaders, watch your parkin' meters.
Someone handed me Mexico City Blues in St. Paul [Minnesota] in 1959 and it blew my mind. It was the first poetry that spoke my own language.
I don't call myself a poet, because I don't like the word.
They kill people here who stand up for their rights The system's just too damned corrupt It's always the same, the name of the game Is who do you know higher up
You know what they say about bein' nice to the right people on the way up Sooner or later you gonna meet them comin' down
Well, it's always been my nature to take chances My right hand drawing back while my left hand advances