Art Quote by Frans Johansson

Bob Dylan enabled rock & roll to grow up and survive. He injected the power of language and ideas into the music.

— Jimmy Iovine

Bob Dylan was the source of pop music's unpredictability in the Sixties. Never as big a record-seller as commonly imagined, his importance was first…

— Jon Landau

Bob Dylan was uncomfortable being known as just a protest singer. He wanted to go back into himself and do what he wanted to…

— Nat Hentoff

I thought he was the greatest thing. Bob Dylan.

— Kris Kristofferson

Somebody had to be Bob Dylan. I guess I was best equipped to do the job.

— Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan may be the Charlie Chaplin of rock n' roll. Both men are regarded as geniuses by their entire audience. Both were proclaimed…

— Jon Landau

Well, I love Bob Dylan, let's make that clear. He's one of my musical heroes.

— Tim Heidecker

Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.

— Robbie Robertson

Ask people who know him for a description of Bob Dylan outside the prerogatives of fame and the obligations of art, and they have…

— Tom Junod

Before Dylan, before rock became art, it was a wonderful fusion of pop structure and personal statements.

— Steven Van Zandt

From the moment [Bob] Dylan arrived as a songwriter, he was [so] much better than everybody else around.

— Steve Earle

Bob Dylan, I'd say, is probably my favorite musician.

— Jake Johnson