Murray Hill’s New Year’s Eve

"Dylan’s survived, grown up. He’s a giant, like Chaplin or Picasso. Like Brando or Muhammed Ali . . . Nobody else even comes close — Jagger, Springsteen, Paul Simon."

"I've gone around since the end of last year asking every lesbian I know if she wants to get I married and of course  it's been a confusing proposal."

"On March 1, 1993, l have the option to go to City Hall… oh, I mean we have the option, my long-suffering honey and I, to go to City Hall and register as domestic partners. Will we take it? Shall we pretend to tie some kind of knot?"

"The relationship of gay white men and Latinos, whether mutual attraction or mu­tual exploitation, has its lore, its literature, and plenty of anecdotal evidence."

In 1969, the author visited Dylan's hometown in Hibbing, Minnesota, for a six-part series