Bob Dylan truly is a poet whose song is part of the poetry.

“She had come to think of the poet as song-maker, not as scholar with her head”

— Linda Wagner-Martin

That music in itself, whose sounds are song, The poetry of speech.

— Lord Byron

Bob Dylan tells interviewers what he wants to tell them, not what they necessarily want to know. His responses are really part of the…

— Richard F. Thomas

Some artists respond to critics' questions about their art. I think Bob Dylan would alwys refuse to respond to questions of that sort, he…

— Richard F. Thomas

Look at Bob Dylan: his voice is not a great sound, but it gets the idea across... and that is what's really important.

— Rick Nielsen

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