Being me Quote by John Lennon

Along with a lot of other things, becoming a Bob Dylan fan made me a writer. I was never interested in figuring out what…

— Greil Marcus

I've only written 30 songs or something. Dylan's written over 500 songs. There's no comparison. He's the Shakespeare of rock 'n' roll and popular music.

— Sixto Rodriguez

Sometimes I do a Dylan song and it seems to fit me so right that I figure maybe I wrote it. Dylan didn’t always…

— Jimi Hendrix

I think that any songwriter - and I think that Bob Dylan knows this more than all of us - you don't write the…

— Leonard Cohen

When I first heard Bob Dylan, I'll be honest, I didn't like him. But I was shallow of mind and didn't understand the poetry.…

— Jose Feliciano

Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don't think anyone downstream from…

— Arlo Guthrie

The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came…

— Jackson Browne

I think everyone mentions Bob Dylan, but he's someone I just admire so much as a songwriter. I think people write songs, and then…

— Tom Odell

When I heard his first songs, Dylan was answering certain questions that I had all my life been asking myself.

— Nana Mouskouri

I'm a music fan, a fan of Bob Dylan.

— Superstar Billy Graham

Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won't bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say…

— Anonymous

I wanted to be an artist after all, and my teachers told me these were the best authors the 20th century had to offer.…

— Simon Rich