Bob Dylan

Born

in Duluth, Minnesota, The United States

May 24, 1941

Website

http://www.bobdylan.com

Genre

Poetry, Arts & Photography, Nonfiction

Influences

Dylan Thomas, Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Ke ...more

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Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, poet, and, of late, disc jockey who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of Dylan's most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when he became an informal chronicler and a reluctant figurehead of American unrest. A number of his songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'", became anthems of the anti-war and civil rights movements. His most recent studio album, Modern Times, released on August 29, 2006, entered the U.S. album charts at #1, making him, at age sixty five, the oldest living person to top those charts.

Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature (2016).

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Listen: Bob Dylan 'Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again' Take 13

Check out take 13 of "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" from <em>The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12</em>.

Check out take 13 of "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" from <The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12

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Average rating: 3.97 · 54,176 ratings · 2,432 reviews · 199 distinct works • Similar authors

	Chronicles, Volume One 3.98 avg rating — 42,827 ratings — published 2004 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tarantula 3.27 avg rating — 2,797 ratings — published 1971 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lyrics: 1962-2001 4.59 avg rating — 1,063 ratings — published 1998 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Essential Interviews by Bob Dylan, Jonathan Cott (Editor) 4.12 avg rating — 1,262 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lyrics, 1962-1985 4.58 avg rating — 594 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever Young by Bob Dylan, Paul Rogers (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 566 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blowin' in the Wind 4.11 avg rating — 316 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man Gave Names to All the Animals by Bob Dylan, Jim Arnosky (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writings and Drawings 4.20 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 1972 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If Dogs Run Free by Bob Dylan, Scott Campbell (Illustrator) 3.58 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Bob Dylan

“Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.”
― Bob Dylan

tags: beautiful, behind, kind, of, pain, thing

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“Play it fuckin' loud!”
― Bob Dylan

tags: fuck, music, profanity, rock-music

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“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”
― Bob Dylan

tags: bob-dylan, music, success

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