I think of rock ‘n’ roll as a combination of country blues and swing band music, not Chicago blues, and modern pop.
“I think of rock ‘n’ roll as a combination of country blues and swing band music, not Chicago blues, and modern pop.” Bob Dylan
“I think of rock ‘n’ roll as a combination of country blues and swing band music, not Chicago blues, and modern pop.” Bob Dylan
“Up north, you could find these radio stations with no name on the dials that played pre-rock ‘n’ roll things – country blues. We would … Read More
“A brilliant 1989 album, Oh Mercy; some career retrospectives; and two albums of American folk songs, with just Bob Dylan and his guitar and harmonica. … Read More
“Bob Dylan wrote in his elliptical memoir, Chronicles: Volume One, he was washed up in the 1980s, no longer a commercial success, and no longer … Read More
“The confessional singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s was in full swing, and Bob Dylan’s emotional album [ Blood on the Tracks] resonated with the times. … Read More
“I don’t think there’s enough guns.” Bob Dylan
“Ah, current music. What would that be? Ah, really, a lot of it sounds defective to me. It makes me restless.” Bob Dylan
“In the meantime [1965-67], [Bob] Dylan was again writing some of the best love songs in the genre, like “Visions of Johanna,” “Just Like a … Read More
“We shouldn’t confuse singers and performers with actors. Actors will say, “My character this, and my character that.” Like beating a dead horse. Who cares … Read More
“Every singer has three or four or five techniques, and you can force them together in different combinations. Some of the techniques you discard along … Read More
“Early on, before rock ‘n’ roll, I listened to big band music – anything that came over the radio – and music played by bands … Read More
“Sometimes you get out from behind the wheel and let someone else step on the gas.” Bob Dylan
“”Subterranean Homesick Blues” [of Bob Dylan] captures, in word-salad format, life in an encroaching police state.” Bob Dylan
“It was better to be in chains with friends than in a garden with strangers. [An ancient Persian proverb.] So true, huh?” Bob Dylan
“If you don’t have to write songs, why write them? I’ve got enough where I don’t really feel the urge to write anything additional.” … Read More
“Ironically, this was Bob Dylan’s period [1967-74] of greatest fame.” Bob Dylan
“They’re selling postcards of the hanging They’re painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors The circus is in town Here comes … Read More
“[Bob] Dylan’s broken-heart songs are so much better. Like “Simple Twist of Fate”.” Bob Dylan
“It’s not dark yet But it’s getting there” Bob Dylan
“Just in time for Bob Dylan to recoil from the attention, leave the city for Woodstock, and turn his back on fame.” Bob Dylan