“Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull.”

—  Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964), My Back Pages

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

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