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koganbot
· 3 months ago
But wait, surely Mark Twain is more authentic than Samuel Clemens. It's Twain who's wild and vulgar, who can quip you to death, drink you under the table, and smoke constantly.
(Cf. my claim in "The Autobiography of Bob Dylan": This "honesty" had nothing to do with the honesty of everyday life. If someone asks you what you're feeling you can say "I love you" or "I hate you" and the answer will be honest of dishonest depending on how you feel. But the honesty of personal life has nothing to do with the honesty of music. And in 1965 "I love you" was contaminated, was dead, had dropped away from honesty-in-song-lyrics.)
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(Cf. my claim in "The Autobiography of Bob Dylan": This "honesty" had nothing to do with the honesty of everyday life. If someone asks you what you're feeling you can say "I love you" or "I hate you" and the answer will be honest of dishonest depending on how you feel. But the honesty of personal life has nothing to do with the honesty of music. And in 1965 "I love you" was contaminated, was dead, had dropped away from honesty-in-song-lyrics.)