Bob Dylan's Name
It has been suggested that Bob Dylan, who was born Robert Allen Zimmerman, adopted the name "Dylan" from Dylan Thomas. He had often denied this. In his 2004 biography, Chronicles Vol.1, however, Dylan admits that Dylan Thomas was relevant to his choice of alias, but only because he liked the spelling better, changing the surnom de plume of "Dillon" to "Dylan".
Bob Dylan is also billed as 'Robert Milkwood Thomas' (referring to Thomas' Under Milk Wood) on Steve Goodman's 1972 album "Somebody Else's Troubles" where he plays piano and harmonises on the title track.
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“This land is your land & this land is my land—sure—but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.”
—Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941)
“English Bob: What I heard was that you fell off your horse, drunk, of course, and that you broke your bloody neck.
Little Bill Daggett: I heard that one myself, Bob. Hell, I even thought I was dead. ‘Til I found out it was just that I was in Nebraska.”
—David Webb Peoples, screenwriter. English Bob (Richard Harris)
“In ceremonies of the horsemen,
Even the pawn must hold a grudge.”
—Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941)