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
A self-ordained professors tongue, too serious to fool ...
Socialism, hypnotism, patriotism, materialism, fools making laws for the breaking of jaws.
Although the masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools, I've got nothing, Ma, to live up to.
The exploitation and superficiality of mainstream America is the object not of [Bob] Dylan's hipster scorn, but of an apocalyptic parable of holy fools and righteous thieves - the kind of imagery that Dylan's later work would explore more fully.
Although the masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools got nothing, Ma, to live up to.
I think he's one of the greatest songwriters of all time,'' Parton says.
Johnny was and is the North Star. You could guide your ship by him.
Most kids have no faith in record labels anymore anyway,
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind
I wish that for just one time / you could stand inside my shoes / and just for that one moment / I could be you. / Yes, I wish that for just one time / You could stand inside my shoes / You'd know what a drag it is / to see you.
It fell from a 10 story building and exploded in front of me.
You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows. Don't follow leaders watch the parkin' meters.
When asked what his songs were about: Some are about 10 minutes long, others are about 5 or 6.
To bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.