“Jan had told him many times "it was you to me who taught:
in Jersey anything's legal as long as you don't get caught"”

—  Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988), Tweeter and the Monkey Man

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American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist 1941

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