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The song was there before me, before I came along. I just sorta came down and just sorta took it down with a pencil, but it was there before I came around.

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Bob Dylan
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: May 24
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I like the fans, but I don't feel an obligation that I have to be an example to them, like say maybe a baseball player would, or a football player or maybe some other type of musicians. I don't feel I have to really set an example that somebody else has to live up to.
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