Bob Dylan 1966 London Interview
- Interviewer: How many people are there in your group?
- Bob Dylan: Oh, 14, 15.
- Interviewer: What is the name of your group?
- Bob Dylan: I don't know. I don't believe they have a name.
- Interviewer: What are their names?
- Bob Dylan: You want names?
- Interviewer: It might be helpful.
- Bob Dylan: Gus, FRANK, Mitch...
- Interviewer: Why don't you write protest songs anymore?
- Bob Dylan: All my songs are protest songs. You name something, I'll protest about it.
- Interviewer: Why do some of your songs bear no relation to their title?
- Bob Dylan: Give me an example?
- Interviewer: "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
- Bob Dylan: Have you ever been in North Mexico?
- Interviewer: Not recently.
- Bob Dylan: Well, I can't explain it to you, then. If you had, you'd understand what the song's about.
- Interviewer: What are you going to do in Britain?
- Bob Dylan: Nothing.
- Interviewer: What about the book you've just written?
- Bob Dylan: It's about spiders. It's called 'Tarantula'. It's an insect book. Took about a week to write, off and on. There are 360 pages. My next book is a collection of epitaphs.
- Interviewer: Are you married to Joan Baez?
- Bob Dylan: Joan Baez was an accident!
- Interviewer: A mistake?
- Bob Dylan: No, an accident. I bought my wife over last time and nobody took any notice of her.
- Interviewer: So you are married, then?
- Bob Dylan: I'd be a liar if I answered that.
- Interviewer: But you just said you had a wife.
- Bob Dylan: That depends on what you mean by 'married'.
- Interviewer: Do you have any children?
- Bob Dylan: Every man with medical problems has children.
- Interviewer: What are your medical problems?
- Bob Dylan: There's a glass in the back of my head. I'm a very sick person. I can't see too well on Thursdays. And another thing, my toenails don't fit.
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