Elvis Transcends His Talent To The Point

If Bob Dylan Really Is An Historian In And Of Himself In His Work, In His Performances, He Is Also An Historian With A Unique Sense Of Humor. There's Always Been A Bit Of A Stand-up Comic In Him.

Hearing Things Like 'wake Up' By Lora Logic, Or The Raincoats' 'in Love' - That Was Something I Wasn't Prepared For. I Couldn't Hear Anything That Came Before It In The Music, And I Didn't Want To. I Was Absolutely In Love With Its Out-of-nowhereness.

I Was The First Records Editor At Rolling Stone, And There Were No Rules. There Was Nothing To Fall Back On As To How Do You Write About This Kind Of Music, So People Were Trying Absolutely Everything With A Great Sense Of Freedom And Experimentation And Success And Failure, And A Feeling Of, “my God, People Are Actually Paying Attention To This. Let’s Pretend They Aren’t Because We Don’t Want To Be Intimidated By What Somebody Might Think Of What We’re Saying.

I Am A Critic Who Is Pulled Toward History. But Bob Dylan Himself Is A Great Historian. He Is An Historian Who Acts Out History. So It Always Has A Personal Stamp. It Always Has A Particular Timbre. It Always Has A Particular Howl, Or A Moan, In That Voice.

Every Youth Movement Presents Itself As A Loan To The Future, And Tries To Call In Its Lien In Advance, But When There Is No Future All Loans Are Canceled.