Quote by Jonathan Lethem

“Dylan never met anyone who wasn't about to change immediately into someone else. His was a special talent for encountering persons about to shed…

— Jonathan Lethem

“This was the trouble with Dylan. Friendly Dylan would lull you into a false sense of complacency, then crazy-hot Dylan would club you over…

— Piper Lawson

I love Dylan. I only met him once, about three years ago, back at the Kettle of Fish on MacDougal Street. That was before…

— Jimi Hendrix

I've met Bob Dylan's bodyguards, and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table, he's sadly mistaken,

— Townes Van Zandt

“In the human world, Dylan was headstrong and quick tempered. Like a live wire, sparking and glowing beside the paleness of everything else in…

— Samantha Boyette

Dylan talked copiously, then stopped. 'Somebody's boring me,' he said, 'I think it's me.'

— Dylan Thomas

“Eighth grade's a distant rumor, a tabled issue, and Dylan knows from experience that the summer between might change anything, everything. He and Mingus…

— Jonathan Lethem

...You couldn't help being influenced by Dylan.

— Al Kooper

“I've got this special way of getting the truth out of Dylan." "How?" i ask. "I kick him in the balls." "That's pretty special,”

— Cath Crowley

“A resigned Dylan tried to comfort a horrified newcomer to the group: “You get used to it. It happens all the time.” It”

— Sue Klebold

Bob Dylan had been a big sort of presence in my life but I'd never quite registered what he was trying to tell me.…

— Thea Gilmore

Dylan is so brilliant. To me, he makes William Shakespeare look like Billy Joel.

— George Harrison