Look at Bob Dylan: his voice is not a great sound, but it…

Hear this Robert Zimmerman, I wrote a song for you, about a strange young man called Dylan with a voice like sand and glue.

— David Bowie

If a cultural reference flies over a man's head, does it make a sound if nobody else gets it.

— Ilona Andrews

Generally, you are held to a sound and that becomes your sound. That gets branded as your sound, and all the copycats start with…

— Randy Bachman

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

— Greil Marcus

“We’re freer now, less encumbered by plans, more overwhelmed by the range of available choices, each of us enacting that wonderful line from Bob…

— Christopher Noxon

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

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