17 million negroes cannot do as you suggest and wait for the hearts of men to change. we want to enjoy now the rights that we feel we are entitled to as americans. this we cannot do unless we pursue aggressively goals which all other americans achieved over 150 years ago." how might martin luther king jr. respond to this statement

Dylan is of course enormously influential. springsteen, who referred to him as “the father of my country” in his new born to run memoir, is one of many who were once known as “new dylans.” every singer-songwriter with a personal story to tell owes him a debt, and hearing the above lines read or sung aloud, with their knack for internal rhyme, call up inevitable parallels to the dense playful language of rap. –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca which piece of evidence supports the claim that dylan’s rock lyrics are like poetry? he is enormously influential. his lyrics feature internal rhyme. singer-songwriters owe him a debt. someone called him “the father of my country.”