It's always disappointing when people decide for one reason or another that they don't like your work anymore, but you can't try to please people, because then you're just going to be doing - you'll never live it down, y'know it'll always be dogging you around - you might be being a fake about the whole thing.
Bob DylanPeople are going to say, โWell, itโs not very truthful.โ But a songwriter doesnโt care about whatโs truthful. What he cares about is what shouldโve happened, what couldโve happened. Thatโs its own kind of truth. Itโs like people who read Shakespeare plays, but they never see a Shakespeare play. I think they just use his name.
Bob DylanFrank [Sinatra] sang to you, not at you, like so many pop singers today. Even singers of standards. I never wanted to be a singer that sings at somebody. I've always wanted to sing to somebody. I would have gotten that subliminally from Frank many years ago. Hank Williams did that, too. He sang to you.
Bob Dylan