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
He never knew my name, He never knew my name. And though I never met him, I knew him just the same, and he was a friend of mine.
He who's not busy being born is busy dying
He who is not busy being born is busy dying.
To bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
You know, you're on your brothers coat tails.
Most kids have no faith in record labels anymore anyway,
When asked what his songs were about: Some are about 10 minutes long, others are about 5 or 6.
Up on Housing Project Hill It's either fortune or fame You must pick one or the other Though neither of them are to be what they claim
You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows. Don't follow leaders watch the parkin' meters.
He's written extraordinary songs, hasn't he? I consider him one of the preeminent songwriters of the times. Every song he does has a vitality you don't find everywhere.
And the country I die for, has God on its side
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility thatcomes with his freedom.
A self-ordained professors tongue, too serious to fool ...