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"You dont count the dead When Gods on your side"
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Bob DylanI put one on the turntable and when the needle dropped, I was stunned — Bob Dylan
"I put one on the turntable and when the needle dropped, I was stunned — didnt know if I was stoned or straight... All these songs together, one after another made my head spin. It made me want to gasp. It was like the land parted."
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Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 69-year career. With an estimated 125 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling musicians. Dylan added increasingly sophisticated lyrical techniques to the folk music of the early 1960s, infusing it "with the intellectua
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"Ron Rosenbaum: Why are you doing what youre doing? Bob Dylan: [Pause] Because I dont know anything else to do. Im good at it. Ron Rosenbaum: How would you describe "it"? Bob Dylan: Im an artist. I try to create art."
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"do Not create anything, it will be misinterpreted. it will not change. it will follow you the rest of your life."
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"a poem is a naked person . . . some people say that I am a poet"
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"Hes a pinboy. He also wears suspenders. Hes a real person. You know him, but not by that name... I saw him come into the room one night and he looked like a camel. He proceeded to put his eyes in his pocket. I asked this guy who he was and he said, "Thats Mr. Jones." Then I asked this cat, "Doesnt he do anything but put his eyes in his pocket?" And he told me, "He puts his nose on the ground." Its all there, its a true story."
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"I used to think that myself and my songs were the same thing. But I dont believe that any more. Theres myself and theres my song, which I hope is everybodys song."
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