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title: "6 Bob Quotes By Richard F. Thomas"
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> [Some artists respond to critics' questions about their art. I think Bob Dylan would alwys refuse to respond to questions of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/some-artists-respond-to-critics-questions-about-their-art-i-think-bob/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-f-thomas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b0/richard-f-thomas-44500_art_some-artists-respond-to-critics-question_955197.jpg)

> [Bob Dylan tells interviewers what he wants to tell them, not what they necessarily want to know. His responses are really part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/bob-dylan-tells-interviewers-what-he-wants-to-tell-them-not-what-they/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-f-thomas/)

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> [Bob Dylan truly is a poet whose song is part of the poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/bob-dylan-truly-is-a-poet-whose-song-is-part-of-the-poetry/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-f-thomas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/richard-f-thomas-44500_bob_bob-dylan-truly-is-a-poet-whose-song-is_1851732.jpg)

> [The thing about Bob Dylan's performative essence is that he keeps singing these old songs as well as the new songs, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/the-thing-about-bob-dylan-s-performative-essence-is-that-he-keeps/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-f-thomas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66a/richard-f-thomas-44500_arrangements_the-thing-about-bob-dylan-s-performative_2255735.jpg)

> [There are some singer-songwriters who start out as poets. So someone like Leonard Cohen wrote and published poetry in the early 60s,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/there-are-some-singer-songwriters-who-start-out-as-poets-so-someone/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-f-thomas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/richard-f-thomas-44500_bards_there-are-some-singer-songwriters-who-st_2415283.jpg)

> [Bob Dylan tends not to have geographical or chronological markers that tie a song to any specific context, so they stay alive,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/bob-dylan-tends-not-to-have-geographical-or-chronological-markers/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-f-thomas/)

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## Other authors on Bob

## More by Richard F. Thomas

> [“One of the powerful functions of a library — any library — lies in its ability to take us away from worlds that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/one-of-the-powerful-functions-of-a-library-any-library-lies-in-its/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/some-artists-respond-to-critics-questions-about-their-art-i-think-bob/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-f-thomas/)

> [Bob Dylan tells interviewers what he wants to tell them, not what they necessarily want to know. His responses are really part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/bob-dylan-tells-interviewers-what-he-wants-to-tell-them-not-what-they/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-f-thomas/)

> [Blues songs, like folk songs, are a continuous stream, and catching the continuities and thefts is part of what puts meaning and complexity into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/blues-songs-like-folk-songs-are-a-continuous-stream-and-catching-the/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-f-thomas/)

> [Bob Dylan truly is a poet whose song is part of the poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/bob-dylan-truly-is-a-poet-whose-song-is-part-of-the-poetry/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-f-thomas/)

> [One of the powerful functions of a library-any library-lies in its ability to take us away from worlds that are familiar and comfortable and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/one-of-the-powerful-functions-of-a-library-any-library-lies-in-its-2/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-f-thomas/)

> [The thing about Bob Dylan's performative essence is that he keeps singing these old songs as well as the new songs, and the old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/the-thing-about-bob-dylan-s-performative-essence-is-that-he-keeps/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-f-thomas/)

> [There are some singer-songwriters who start out as poets. So someone like Leonard Cohen wrote and published poetry in the early 60s, but then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/there-are-some-singer-songwriters-who-start-out-as-poets-so-someone/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-f-thomas/)

> [Bob Dylan tends not to have geographical or chronological markers that tie a song to any specific context, so they stay alive, stay relevant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/bob-dylan-tends-not-to-have-geographical-or-chronological-markers/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-f-thomas/)

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