Without music, there is not the faintest chance [Bob…

First of all, there are those who simply don't care for [Bob] Dylan, or at least, don't think he's that great. Some of the…

— David Bennun

The [Nobel] prize is for literature.[Bob] Dylan is a songwriter. Here is where the argument starts to get interesting, because here is where it…

— David Bennun

[Bob Dylan] is principally a recording artist, and if he weren't, it is unthinkable he would have had such an impact. He is to…

— David Bennun

There's no reason - not yet, anyway - to believe [Bob] Dylan himself endorses such an attitude; or that he would think of himself…

— David Bennun

I never could understand - it was impossible for me to get my head around - what the furor was, what the sense of…

— Greil Marcus

Courtney Love's name should be right next to Bob Dylan when they say best lyricist of all time.

— Linda Perry

I've been really, really blessed. I got to perform on stage with Bob Dylan. I've gotten to sing with Mick Jagger.

— Sheryl Crow

Most of the artists were trying to make a living, trying to get laid, trying to figure out who they were. They weren't trying…

— David Geffen

Probably the high-watermark of [Bob] Dylan's career came after he plugged in his guitar ("Judas!" one fan shouted during a concert) and exploded American…

— Jay Michaelson

I first met (Bob Dylan) in '65. We've had a friendship for a long time. He decided to play on a record I was…

— Doug Sahm

Producing Bob Dylan was pretty much a spectator sport.

— Al Kooper

That's who I wanted to be like was Bob Dylan.

— Kris Kristofferson

The most recent incarnation of [Bob] Dylan has been the traveling journeyman/ charlatan who sings roots music, snarls dark lyrics that make "All Along…

— Jay Michaelson

I like men who are very cool but who are also so brilliant that they are almost insane. Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Bob Dylan,…

— Jolene Blalock

Except in these latter-day songs, [Bob] Dylan is a grizzled old prophet who's already been to hell and back.

— Jay Michaelson