“I listen to Radio 4 and put the iPod on shuffle. I like the randomness of, say, the Stones, then something from Nina Simone, Nick Drake or Bob Dylan.” StonesRadioBobDylanIpodsRandomnessShuffleNina Author:Catherine McCormack
“People like Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, Captain Beefheart - all of these artists were what I grew up listening to every day of my life. And there's a very healthy music scene in the west country of England, where I grew up.” PeopleCountryArtistListeningGrewHealthySceneGrew UpStonesEnglandWestBobRollingCaptainsDylanRolling StonesNinaHowlin WolfCaptain Beefheart Author:PJ Harvey
“Songs came first. I started out in 1965 trying to copy the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Stones, like most kids I knew. I'm still trying. Songs are hard to beat.” TryingFirstsStillsHardKidsSongBeatsStonesCopiesBobDylan Author:Peter Blegvad
“The [Bob] Dylan sessions were very disorganized, to say the least. I mean, the "Like A Rolling Stone" session I was invited by the producer to watch.” MeanWatchesStonesProducersBobRollingInvitedSessionDylanRolling StonesDisorganized Author:Al Kooper
“At the end of the playback of the take of "Like A Rolling Stone", or actually during the thing, Bob Dylan said to the producer, turn up the organ. And Tom Wilson said, oh man, that guy's not an organ player. And Dylan said, I don't care, turn the organ up, and that's really how I became an organ player.” MenSaidEndsCareGuyTurnsPlayerStonesDon't CareProducersI Don't CareBobOrgansTomsRollingDylanThat GuyRolling StonesWilson Author:Al Kooper
“I think it was Columbia politics, Columbia Records politics that, that, Tom Wilson left [Bob Dylan] after "Like A Rolling Stone".” ThinkingLeftRecordsStonesBobTomsRollingDylanRolling StonesWilsonColumbia Author:Al Kooper
“"Like a Rolling Stone" [of Bob Dylan] is a kiss-off song like none before or since.” SongKissingStonesBobRollingDylanRolling Stones Author:Bob Dylan
“When [George W.] Bush was elected, I think they thought I would have some sort of special "in" with that administration, to provide some sort of inside poop. Which is not something I'd be interested in doing, and anyway, I didn't. I actually knew more people in his dad's administration. So it was obviously winding down at Rolling Stone, and they were having financial troubles, too. They weren't getting the advertising, and the issues were getting thin. They fired Bob Love, who'd been my editor there for a long time.” PeopleThinkingLongIssuesTroubleSpecialDadLong TimeStonesFinancialAdvertisingAdministrationEditorsBobRollingRolling StonesPoopWinding Down Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“Bob Wallace was my editor at Rolling Stone when I first started writing there, and he's a wonderful editor. I was in the Philippines during the Marcos overthrow, and I was up on what was called Smokey Mountain. I think it's gone now, but it was a garbage dump with a bunch of people living on it. I was talking to Bob on the phone, and I told him, "I'm a humorist. I can't write about this." And Bob told me to let my style be dictated by the subject, to take what I saw and write about it in the tone that it requires.” PeopleThinkingWritingFirstsI CanTalkingGoneSawsWonderfulSubjectsStyleMountainStonesPhonesBunchToneEditorsBobRollingGarbageLiving OnDumpRolling StonesPhilippinesHumoristsMarcos Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“[Peter] Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" was my first go-to song in terms of getting into the zone and getting ready and then I quickly gravitated to rock and roll music in the mid-'60s with the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Beatles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Rolling Stones, Carlos Santana. So many of them are still around and still going strong. I go out to see them all the time.” FirstsStillsYoungSongStrongTermRocksReadyStonesGratefulZonePeterBobRollingRock And RollDylanRolling StonesGoing StrongCrosbyTchaikovskyRock And Roll MusicSantana Author:Bill Walton
“Bob Dylan was really mad with my wife. I had asked by Rolling Stone - the only assignment I ever had for them - to do a story on the Rolling Thunder Review, which was Bob Dylan, Alan Ginsberg, Joan Baez and a host of stars. My wife, some weeks before, had written in The New York Times that The Kid wasn't The Kid anymore and he wasn't all that winning anymore.” StoriesKidsWinningStarsWifeWrittenWeekNew YorkStonesMadMy WifeReviewsHostBobRollingThunderDylanNew York TimesAssignmentsRolling StonesGinsberg Author:Nat Hentoff
“I guess I haven't talked to Bob Dylan since before then [interview to Rolling Stones]. I follow his career.” CareersHavensStonesInterviewsBobRollingDylanRolling Stones Author:Nat Hentoff
“I'm definitely not a laptop/midi/abelton guy. But there is a lot of music I like. I really like Bach organ music. I really like Chopin piano music. I really like Wendy Carlo's electronic music. I really like Miles Davis and John Mclaughlin jazz style. So I'm not only an old-school rocker, but I have to admit that I'm going to be listening to The Doors, Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Bob Dylan many times a week.” SchoolGuyDoorsWeekStyleListeningStonesJazzPopsMilesPianoBobOrgansRollingDylanRolling StonesOld SchoolLaptopsElectronic MusicBowieRockersWendyPiano MusicMidi Author:Gordon Raphael
“My musical influence is really from my father. He was a DJ in college. My parents met at New York University. So he listened to, you know, Motown, and he listened to Bob Dylan. He listened to Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones, but he also listened to reggae music. And he collected vinyl.” KnowsFatherParentInfluenceNew YorkCollegeMetsStonesGratefulMusicalUniversityBobRollingDylanRolling StonesDjsReggaeVinylMotownReggae MusicMusical Influence Author:Talib Kweli
“Bob Dylan did the first really long record - Like A Rolling Stone - I think it was four minutes.” ThinkingFirstsLongRecordsFourMinutesStonesBobRollingDylanRolling StonesReally Long Author:Pete Townshend
“I am a child of the '70s, so I love classic rock - Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, and I also love Coldplay.” ChildrenRocksStonesClassicBobRollingVansDylanRolling StonesZeppelinsClassic Rock Author:Rachel Zoe
“All right. Tell me what I'm looking at." From the improvised Rolling Stones T-shirt bag tied to my sash, Bob the Skull said, in his most caustic voice, "A giant pair of cartoon lips." I muttered a curse and fumbled with the shirt until one of the skull's glowing orange eye sockets was visible. A big goofy magic nerd!" Bob said.” SaidBigsEyeVoiceMagicStonesLipsCurseShirtsGiantsVisibleBagsPairsBobTiedRollingCartoonOrangeNerdT ShirtSkullsGlowingRolling StonesGoofyDresdenCaustic Author:Jim Butcher