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Bob Dylan

Born

in Duluth, Minnesota, The United States

May 24, 1941

Website

http://www.bobdylan.com

Genre

Poetry, Arts & Photography, Nonfiction

Influences

Dylan Thomas, Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Ke ...more

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Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, poet, and, of late, disc jockey who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of Dylan's most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when he became an informal chronicler and a reluctant figurehead of American unrest. A number 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. His most recent studio album, Modern Times, released on August 29, 2006, entered the U.S. album charts at #1, making him, at age sixty five, the oldest living person to top those charts.

Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature (2016). ...more

	Chronicles, Volume One 3.98 avg rating — 62,956 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tarantula 3.27 avg rating — 4,729 ratings — published 1971 — 100 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Philosophy of Modern Song 3.80 avg rating — 4,012 ratings — published 2022 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Essential Interviews by Bob Dylan, Jonathan Cott (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 1,536 ratings — published 2006 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lyrics, 1962-2001 4.60 avg rating — 1,244 ratings — published 1998 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lyrics, 1962-1985 4.60 avg rating — 659 ratings — published 1985 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever Young by Bob Dylan, Paul Rogers (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 717 ratings — published 2008 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nobel Lecture 4.06 avg rating — 564 ratings — published 2017 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lyrics, 1961-2012 4.61 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 2016 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan, Jon J. Muth (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 380 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.”
― Bob Dylan

tags: beautiful, behind, kind, of, pain, thing

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“Play it fuckin' loud!”
― Bob Dylan

tags: fuck, music, profanity, rock-music

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“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”
― Bob Dylan

tags: bob-dylan, music, success

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