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Dylan is not only a consummate poet and songwriter, he has always had a great business sense, which is responsible for his survival far beyond anyone of his generation who started out in Greenwich Village, NYC. I don't know how he survived the early years in the sixties during which he abused amphetamines and other dangerous drugs. At some point by the early seventies he got "religion," or should I say religions, as he moved between Judaism and Christianity. Correct me, if I'm misremembering other faiths he may have espoused. Dylan perfected his own way of dealing with the music business, the press and his fans.
 
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Rich Cohen said:
Dylan is not only a consummate poet and songwriter, he has always had a great business sense, which is responsible for his survival far beyond anyone of his generation who started out in Greenwich Village, NYC. I don't know how he survived the early years in the sixties during which he abused amphetamines and other dangerous drugs. At some point by the early seventies he got "religion," or should I say religions, as he moved between Judaism and Christianity. Correct me, if I'm misremembering other faiths he may have espoused. Dylan perfected his own way of dealing with the music business, the press and his fans.
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Well said. Dylan has also managed to do it all without any embarrassing tabloid-level scandals along the way. Keep a clean nose...
And today he still has mountains of mojo.
 
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Rich Cohen said:
Dylan is not only a consummate poet and songwriter, he has always had a great business sense, which is responsible for his survival far beyond anyone of his generation who started out in Greenwich Village, NYC. I don't know how he survived the early years in the sixties during which he abused amphetamines and other dangerous drugs. At some point by the early seventies he got "religion," or should I say religions, as he moved between Judaism and Christianity. Correct me, if I'm misremembering other faiths he may have espoused. Dylan perfected his own way of dealing with the music business, the press and his fans.
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He certainly had that family sense for business!
 
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Rich Cohen said:
I don't know how he survived the early years in the sixties during which he abused amphetamines and other dangerous drugs.
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Amphetamines were cheap and plentiful in the 50's and sixties, and doctors prescribed them as freely as they do anti-depressants now. Everybody from housewives to airline pilots to truckdrivers was on speed, and touring C&W musicians were some of the worst abusers - Roger Miller stayed awake for a week regularly. It's nasty stuff, but it won't kill you very quickly.

I think he's wearing cowboy boots in the pic btw - 62 would be early for Beatle boots, though he *did* wear them later!
 
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