“Proceeds from the birthday part were said to be destined for 'the Fifth Estate,' an organization, or foundation, or publication, or something, anyway, about which no one seemed to know much.”

“Dylan was afraid, that was for sure. But he wasn’t afraid of us, the audience. It was himself he feared — the process or going back over those songs which bore the pain of becoming Bob Dylan, the highs, the lows, all of that life.”

“You know, the guys there were so beautiful,” says Allen Ginsberg of the Stonewall, “they’ve lost that wounded look that fags all had 10 years ago.”

“Patti Smith was then like she is now—gutsy, not to be denied—and Dylan clearly knew who she was. She asked if she could get up with the band. Amused at this seemingly frail waif, Dylan said yes.”

"His prescription of forbidding Muslims from entering the country does not address the problem we have with people getting killed every single day — Americans using American guns to kill other Americans."