Bob Dylan, the musician who became the voice of a generation with his angry ballads, says he cares little for the 1960s and does not regard himself as a protest singer.
In a rare interview, published in The Times magazine Saturday in London, Dylan said he now had little concern for politics and social trends and regarded himself simply as a working musician.Dylan, 56, said the 1950s when he was growing up were more dear to him than the 1960s, when songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They are a Changin' " encapsulated the revolutionary mood of the age.
"I know it was a time of great upheaval in the world, but still I don't care about them . . . I didn't grow up in the '60s, so Bob Dylan the protest singer isn't really me at all," he said.
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