NP. MIne own Bob Dylan story, if interested.

[Allan Balliett]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> > <SNIP>
> > Dylan begins that interview by clarifying and continuing an answer from
> the first interview unbidden. He talks about that interview.
> > The writer did not think it was savant-like memory so much as focus. The
> man focused on his music and his own mind about it like the artist he is.
>
>
> Dylan was quoted in the RS published today about his Nobel. From his point
> of view, his mind operates somewhat differently
>
> > "I'll take a song I know and simply start playing it in my head. That's
> the way I meditate. A lot of people will look at a crack on the wall and
> meditate, or count sheep or angels or money or something, and it's a proven
> fact that it'll help them relax. I don't meditate on any of that stuff. I
> meditate on a song." The musical performance is what generates the lyric.
> "I'll be playing Bob Nolan's 'Tumbling Tumbleweeds,' for instance, in my
> head constantly – while I'm driving a car or talking to a person or sitting
> around or whatever. *People will think they are talking to me and I'm
> talking back, but I'm not. I'm listening to the song in my head. At a
> certain point, some of the words will change and I'll start writing a
> song." *
>
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