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
Both these girls . . . brought out the poet in me.
A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past.
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.
I beat Bob Dylan in a talent contest.
Businessmen they drink my wine, Plowmen dig my earth, But none of them along the line, Know what any of it is worth
He who's not busy being born is busy dying
He who is not busy being born is busy dying.
For that I cannot say. There isn't really an answer.
How many times can a man turn his head and pretend he just doesn't see?
Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land, And don't criticize What you can't understand
I cannot rhyme or play guitar, piano and am not very much interested in doing any of these.
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility thatcomes with his freedom.
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.