A Unified Field Theory of Bob Dylan
He loved to keep playing with the words over the years, just like Dylan keeps playing with “Tangled Up in Blue” (his own “Young Americans”).
Rob Sheffield • On Bowie
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It makes her think of a documentary she saw about Bob Dylan. A folk singer from Greenwich Village in the sixties said, “He was just another guitar player trying to sound like Woody Guthrie. Then all at once he was Bob Dylan.”
Stephen King • Holly
For some artists, the work comes easily. Bob Dylan could write a song in minutes while Leonard Cohen sometimes took years. And we may love the songs equally.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
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when bob dylan sings, it feels like he’s singing for no one but himself. at least not trying to mold around his feelings / sayings so they’re pretty to others. he’s singing the things that hit on truth for him.
his strange rap song and the music video that goes along with it… is raw and even not super pleasant. but it has swagger. he’s saying random
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