Bob Dylan
Born 24 May 1941
From Duluth, Minnesota, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has been a major figure in music since the 1960s. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler, and an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of his songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. His early lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social and philosophical, as well as literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, and the performance style of Little Richard, Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres, exploring numerous distinct traditions in American song—from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly, to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing.
Quotes
“Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can’t sing, I call a poem.”
Liner notes, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 1963 “You don’t necessarily have to write to be a poet. Some people work in gas stations and they’re poets. I don’t call myself a poet because I don’t like the word. I’m a trapeze artist.”
Bob Dylan Interview by Nora Ephron & Susan Edmiston 1965 “Colleges are like old-age homes; except for the fact that more people die in colleges.”
Playboy Interview February 1966 “What was the future? The future was a solid wall, not promising, not threatening—all bunk. No guarantees of anything, not even the guarantee that life isn’t one big joke.”
Chronicles: Vol. One, p. 49 “The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.”
Blowin' in the Wind
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Bob Dylan in order
Books by Bob Dylan in the order they were published, from 11 Outlined Epitaphs (1960) to Philosophy of Modern Song (2022).
- 111 Outlined Epitaphs11 Outlined Epitaphs1960
- 2Tarantula
Tarantula1960 - 3Writings and Drawings
Writings and Drawings1973 - 4Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan1974 - 5Songs Bob Dylan
Songs Bob Dylan1976 - 6Bob Dylan in His Own Words
Bob Dylan in His Own Words1978 - 7Bob Dylan Anthology
Bob Dylan Anthology1990 - 8Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits
Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits1992 - 9Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 31994 - 10Bob Dylan Harmonica
Bob Dylan Harmonica1996 - 11Man Gave Names to All the Animals
Man Gave Names to All the Animals1999 - 12The Bob Dylan Collection
The Bob Dylan Collection1999 - 13The Definitive Bob Dylan Songbook (Bob Dylan)
The Definitive Bob Dylan Songbook (Bob Dylan)2001 - 14Lyrics
Lyrics2002 - 15Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan
Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan2003 - 16Chronicles
Chronicles2004 - 17Inspirations
Inspirations2005 - 18Bob Dylan Lyrics, 1962-96
Bob Dylan Lyrics, 1962-962006 - 19Dylan
Dylan2006 - 20Dylan on Dylan
Dylan on Dylan2007 - 21Forever Young
Forever Young2008 - 22Bob Dylan Revisited
Bob Dylan Revisited2009 - 23Blowin' in the Wind
Blowin' in the Wind2013 - 24Philosophy of Modern Song
Philosophy of Modern Song2022