Bob Dylan - "All I can do is be me, whoever that is."

Duluth, Minnesota, United States (1941 – present)

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States) is an American musician, poet and artist whose position in popular culture is unique.

Although his career began in 1959, much of Dylan’s best known work is from the 1960s, when he became an informal documentarian and reluctant figurehead of American unrest. Some of his songs, such as “Blowin’ In The Wind” and “The Times They Are A-Changin’”, became anthems of the anti-war and civil rights movements.


Bob Dylan......

"Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can't sing, I call a poem."

Yippee! I'm a poet, and I know it
Hope I don't blow it

Bob Dylan is a natural mystic. I believe that much of what Bob writes comes from places inside of him he doesn't fully understand. He deals in prophecy and spiritual areas that make his music and words and the way he performs so compelling. He appeals to things common to all human beings. As his former producer Bob Johnson said: "God didn't just tap him on the shoulder--he kicked him in the ass!!"
Bob Dylan was put here on this earth at this time to head people in the direction of truth. There are many great songs and great songwriters but not many are annointed like Bob Dylan is.