“You don't necessarily have to write to be a poet. Some people work in gas stations and they're poets. I don't call myself a poet, because I don't like the word. I'm a trapeze artist.”

—  Bob Dylan

Source: http://www.interferenza.com/bcs/interw/65-aug.htm Bob Dylan Interview

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