Bob Dylan, as quoted Grasping for the Wind : The Search for Meaning in the 20th Century (2001) by John W. Whitehead
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I read On the Road in maybe 1959. It changed my life like it changed everyone else's.
— Bob Dylan on Jack Kerouac
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Source: Wikiquote: "Jack Kerouac" (Quotes about Kerouac: Alphabetized by author )
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About Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American folk and rock singer-songwriter, born in Duluth, Minnesota. In 2016 Dylan received the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
About Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American folk and rock singer-songwriter, born in Duluth, Minnesota. In 2016 Dylan received the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
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