As soon as a norm is established, people start questioning it, which is probably a good thing in the end.
Like trillions of others, if it wasn't for Bob Dylan, it would have been a different musical landscape. Pop music wouldn't have been my thing at all. I did also grow up listening to The Beatles, but I never thought of being a Beatle.
Generally, I have an instinct for the noncommercial. And the unpopular.
Most songs are somewhere between love and death, and mine are no exception.
I was always jealous of something getting more attention.
I would be quite happy never to play any of my better-known songs again. But unless you're Dylan, you can't afford to completely disregard what your audience wants.