“Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.” BitsRecordsVery GoodBobDylanDisappointing Author:Madeleine Peyroux
“Do not trust people who call themselves musicians or record collectors who say that they don’t like Bob Dylan or the Beatles. They do not love music if those words come out of their mouths.” PeopleIfsRecordsMusicianMouthsBobDylanMusic LoveCollectors Author:Jack White
“Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won't bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that I heard his records at a very young age and I still listen to all his records.” StillsAgeYoungRecordsHeardMusicianSingersCompareBotherBobSongwritersYoung AgeDylan Author:Black Francis
“I learned how difficult it is to be an artist. There are always compromises. The record company wants you to do this, your fans want you to do this, your family, you can't concentrate on your work. It's a hard thing to be an artist and not give up. That's why I have so much respect for people like Dylan and Neil Young and Tom Waits, because they keep at it. I have a new respect for a true artist.” PeopleWantGivingHardYoungArtistWaitingDifficultCompanyRecordsFansGiving UpCompromiseOur FamilyWorking ItTomsNot Giving UpDylanHard ThingsRecord CompaniesTrue Artists Author:Robert Hilburn
“I first met (Bob Dylan) in '65. We've had a friendship for a long time. He decided to play on a record I was making in New York. We were just friends playing together.” FirstsLongPlayTogetherRecordsNew YorkMetsLong TimeDecidedBobDylanJust FriendsPlaying Together Author:Doug Sahm
“Bob Dylan seems to me a totally pernicious influence - the nasal whine of death and masochism. Certainly, this would be a more cheerful world if there were no Dylan records in it. But Dylan and his audience mirror each other, and deserve each other; as Marx said, a morbid society creates its own morbid grave-diggers.” IfsWorldSaidSeemsWould BeAudienceRecordsInfluenceDeserveMirrorsGravesBobCheerfulDylanMorbidPerniciousMasochism Author:Robert Anton Wilson
“In Paris in 1964 was the first time I ever heard Dylan at all. Paul got the record (The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan) from a French DJ. For three weeks in Paris we didn't stop playing it. We all went potty about Dylan.” FirstsThreeMusicRecordsHeardWeekFirst TimeParisBobDylanDjsPotty Author:John Lennon
“To us, there was Bob Dylan, and there was dad. As for what he meant to other people, that was never glorified in our house. There were no accolades there, no gold records.” PeopleHouseRecordsDadGoldBobDylanAccolades Author:Jakob Dylan
“I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.” RecordsSingersPostsSongwritersDylanSinger SongwritersOverlooked Author:Noah Baumbach
“I heard Pete Seeger records when I was a kid. I saw Bob Dylan when I was about 12. The first song I ever learned to play was a song by Phil Ochs.” FirstsPlayKidsSongRecordsSawsHeardBobDylan Author:Ketch Secor