“What always attracted me to [Bob] Dylan, and what has sustained me as a Dylan listener, or has always continued to surprise me, is his voice, the way he sings, the way he wraps his voice around certain words, the way he backs off from melodic moments, the way he moves forward to grab something in a song that, were anybody else performing it, they would have no idea it was even there.” WayIdeasMomentsMovingCertainSongVoiceSurpriseMoving ForwardNo IdeaPerformingBobListenersDylanWrapsSurprise Me Author:Greil Marcus
“Sometimes I do an automatic songs, songs that you don't really think about, or work on. You just look back and it sorta surprises you.” ThinkingLooksSometimesSongSurprise Author:Bruce Springsteen
“I fell in love with folk music at Surprise Lake Camp. It was the songs of Woody Guthrie and the Weavers.” SongSurpriseFolksLakesCampsWoodyFolk MusicWeavers Author:Neil Diamond
“In terms of love and romance, it just seems less and less like that's ever going to happen again, or be a possibility for me. I feel like I've irrevocably lost so much. You want the surprise, but it gets harder and harder to find, whether we're talking about romance, or somebody else's song, or your own song.” WantFeelsSeemsHappensRomanceSongLostTermTalkingPossibilityHarderSurprise Author:John Maus