It's Not Dark Yet But It's Getting

Along With Some Of The Worst Music Of Bob Dylan's Career ("self-portrait," 1970), This Period Produced Some Gems - Including Many Songs Recorded With The Band In '67 But Not Released Until Years Later.

For The Loser Now Will Be Later To Win

When I Was Growing Up - Say In The Fifties - The Thirties To Me Didn't Even Exist. I Couldn't Even Imagine Them In Any Kind Of Way, So I Don't Expect Anyone Growing Up Now Is Gonna Even Understand What The Sixties Were All About, Anymore Than I Could The Thirties Or Twenties.

I Never Read Freud. I've Never Been Attracted To Anything He Has Said, And I Think He's Started A Lot Of Nonsense With Psychiatry And That Business. I Don't Think Psychiatry Can Help Or Has Helped Anybody. I Think It's A Big Fraud (pun Not Intended) On The Public.

Bob Dylan Wasn't A Big Star Early On; It Was The Release Of His Greatest Hits Album In 1967, And The Mainstream Success Of The Stoner Anthem "rainy Day Women #12 & 35" ("everybody Must Get Stoned!"), That Really Put Him On The Mainstream Map.