Dylan – Quotes

In the 1960s, people

In the 1960s, people like Bob Dylan, his music and words were a threat to the society and mainstream of the time. It shook people alive, and directly and indirectly things changed. But, as I see it, the change is never through the music alone. It’s also the circumstances around the music that will cause/create … Read more

I was like, Who

I was like, Who the hell is Bob Dylan? I was going to learn one song to appease my mom and alphabetically the first song in the book was Absolutely Sweet Marie. When I heard it, it was like Oh, there is something going on here. It’s not like my parents’ boring music that I … Read more

Blonde on Blonde by

Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan I heard when I was 13. It was one of those things where it was like, Hey, the world is much bigger than you imagined as a little kid. Ezra Furman

Well, it seems that

Well, it seems that one day Dylan was drivin’ up to San Francisco from New Orleans or somewhere, when our record [House of the Rising Sun] came over his radio. When it was announced he said to Joan Baez — who was with him at the time — ‘This’ll be the first time I’ve heard … Read more

Once I\\’d heard \\’Modern

Once I’d heard ‘Modern Times’ by Bob Dylan, it really changed the way I wanted to make records. Elton John

I was a working-class

I was a working-class kid from Boston. But I never lost my accent because I felt like that was what I was doing. I didn’t have to perform Woody Guthrie like Bob Dylan did in the ’60s, I just had to make myself be Eileen Myles and let that be my shield. Eileen Myles

In the 1960s, people

I was like, Who

Blonde on Blonde by

Well, it seems that

Once I\\’d heard \\’Modern

I was a working-class

Growing up, I was

The thing that I

The force that drives

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