American dream Quote by Jay Michaelson
![“[Bob] Dylan, like Johnny Cash and only a handful of others, simultaneously embodies the American dream and the harsh wake-up call that comes after it.” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7ab/jay-michaelson-15590_american-dream_bob-dylan-like-johnny-cash-and-only-a-ha_966862.jpg)
“[Bob] Dylan, like Johnny Cash and only a handful of others, simultaneously embodies the American dream and the harsh wake-up call that comes after it.”
“[Bob] Dylan, like Johnny Cash and only a handful of others, simultaneously embodies the American dream and the harsh wake-up call that comes after it.”
![“He [Johnny Cash] always wanted to use his music to lift other people up, to say no matter how much trouble, there's hope. That was always his message in his songs. That's why he and [Bob] Dylan bonded so much, because they were both trying to do something meaningful.” quote by Robert Hilburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e65/robert-hilburn-9299_bob_he-johnny-cash-always-wanted-to-use-his_2190612.jpg)
![“I'm a [Bob] Dylan freak, like everybody else.” quote by George Thorogood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/39d/george-thorogood-10443_bob_i-m-a-bob-dylan-freak-like-everybody-els_2609615.jpg)
![“[Bob] Dylan is a contemporary Don Quixote, at once besotted by the promise of America and yet also undermining it.” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/486/jay-michaelson-15590_america_bob-dylan-is-a-contemporary-don-quixote_2908370.jpg)
![“Except in these latter-day songs, [Bob] Dylan is a grizzled old prophet who's already been to hell and back.” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fcd/jay-michaelson-15590_bob_except-in-these-latter-day-songs-bob-dyl_3830.jpg)
![“The most recent incarnation of [Bob] Dylan has been the traveling journeyman/ charlatan who sings roots music, snarls dark lyrics that make "All Along the Watchtower" sound like a Disney tune, hosts an old-school radio show, and turns up in some unusual places, like ads for Chrysler and Victoria's…” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/734/jay-michaelson-15590_ads_the-most-recent-incarnation-of-bob-dylan_17700.jpg)
![“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 poetry, combining Beat aesthetics, psychedelic imagery, collage techniques.” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5f3/jay-michaelson-15590_aesthetics_probably-the-high-watermark-of-bob-dylan_54147.jpg)
![“"Masters of War" [of Bob Dylan] wasn't peacenik, anti-war stuff. With its minor key and uncompromising final lines ("And I hope that you die/And your death'll come soon/ I will follow your casket/ In the pale afternoon...") this was a previously unknown hybrid of caustic political commentary and…” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f88/jay-michaelson-15590_afternoon_masters-of-war-of-bob-dylan-wasn-t-peace_128545.jpg)
![“In late [Bob] Dylan, music is the key to immortality, even though the summer days are long gone.” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/845/jay-michaelson-15590_bob_in-late-bob-dylan-music-is-the-key-to-im_512439.jpg)
