Sheryl Crowe told an interviewer once that the best thing about meeting Bob Dylan other than just being able to meet him was that he told her to srite a truly great song, everyline must sound like it is so interesting it could be the opening line of a song. I think alot of Dylan's work is like that. It is very heady, but cool at the same time. He is a genius amongst many IMO. Just look at the song Carne quoted - genius (the song not Carne
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Also, Dylan, like Stevie, is a genius at phrasing and he and she can make seemingly awkward phrases on paper come to life IMO.