Theos-Talk Archives (February 1998 Message tt00023)

I think that this shows that it's possible to be an unconscious
agent of good forces, even though we may be unaware of it at the
time, or not consciously doing it. Better things than we're aware
of may find their way into the world through us.

-- Eldon

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PARIS, Feb 3 (AFP) - Sixties protest singer Bob Dylan, renowned
for such hard-hitting tracts as "Blowing in the Wind" and "The
Times They are a'changin'", admitted to total ignorance about
politics in an interview with the British rock magazine, Mojo.

"I don't now what politics is, to tell you the truth. I don't
know the difference of right-wing or left-wing. I can be
whatever they call conservative ... and I can be completely on
the left on something," Dylan told Mojo.

In a further comment which punctures the image of the singer many
associate with angry youth in the 1960s, Dylan also says he never
thought he could change the world through his music.

"If I wanted to do that I guess I would have gone to school or
Harvard or Yale and tried to be a politician or something," the
singer said.

Dylan also said he didn't want to be seen as an icon of the
1960s, the period when he first came to prominence, remarking: "I
do not consider it a compliment. I think that's just another
word for a washed-up has-been."