Bars Quote by John Mellencamp

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

I always knew that sooner or later there would come somebody like Woody Guthrie who could make a great song every week. Dylan certainly…

— Pete Seeger

Most people think that I heard Bob Dylan first and got a cap and harmonica. Really, it was Woody Guthrie. He was so influential.

— Donovan

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

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

— Bob Dylan

I was comparatively late in understanding Bob Dylan's overwhelming importance as a songwriter. Everybody who does my job exists in the shadow of Bob…

— Steve Earle

I am a Bob Dylan fan.

— Tim Kaine

but right now it's Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Bob Dylan all the way.

— Charles Bukowski

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

— Robbie Robertson

I know great songwriters. Fred Neil would come up when he was in L.A., we all used to hang out. He would sit there…

— Barry McGuire

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

— Jake Johnson

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

— Jimmy Iovine