Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, artist and writer. He has been influential in popular
music and culture for more than five decades.
Dylan has sold more than 100 million records, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time.
-Wikipedia
Birth Name: Robert Allen Zimmerman
Also Known As: Elston GunnnBlind Boy GruntBob LandyRobert Milkwood ThomasTedham PorterhouseLucky/Boo WilburyJack FrostSergei Petrov
Born: May 24, 1941 (age 83)
Height: 5' 7½" (1.71 m)
Spouse(s): Sara Lownds (m. 1965; div. 1977)
Carolyn Dennis (m. 1986; div. 1992)
Children: Maria Dylan (adopted)
Jesse Dylan
Anna Dylan
Samuel Dylan
Desiree Dennis-Dylan
Jakob Dylan (lead singer of
The Wallflowers)
Genre(s):
Folk,
blues,
rock,
country,
gospel,
Classic Rock
Instrument(s):
Vocals,
guitar,
keyboards,
harmonica
Active From: 1959-present
Associated Acts:
Joan Baez,
The Band,
Tom Petty,
Grateful Dead,
Traveling Wilburys,
Mark Knopfler
Awards:
1973
Grammy Award for Album of the Year for The Concert For Bangla Desh
Quotes:
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
I'm just glad to be feeling better. I really thought I'd be seeing Elvis soon.
I've been up the mountain and I had a choice. Should I come down? So I came down. God said, "Okay, you've been up on the mountain, now you go down. You're on your own, free. Check in later, but now you're on your own."
I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.
Jesus tapped me on the shoulder and said, Bob, why are you resisting me? I said, I'm not resisting you! He said, You gonna follow me? I said, I've never thought about that before! He said, When you're not following me, you're resisting me.
People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas.
Well, I don't know, but I've been told the streets in heaven are lined with gold. I ask you how things could get much worse if the Russians happen to get up there first; Wowee! pretty scary!
What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.
When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?
Yesterday's just a memory, tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be.
You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows. Don't follow leaders watch the parkin' meters.
You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past - whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever.