I used to work in a bar in Georgetown, DC. Dylan would come in every once in a while. We all agreed not to bother him in any way-no questions, no fan stuff. He ended up telling some really funny jokes and getting to know our bartenders quite well. A great guy, if treated like a real one.

Interviewing Dylan is like taking a cat for a walk

"I am nobody's puppet and nobody pulls my strings." Classic Dylan.

His eyes are memorizing, see right through you, pure genius

His gaze is so piercing and calculating. I would feel like he was looking right through me.

By drawing a picture of the interviewer, he's trying to communicate to the guy what it feels like to be analyzed.

Pure genius...he is scripting/drawing the interviewer and putting him into a box as many interviewers continually tried to do with him...only Dylan.

Interviewing Bob Dylan must be like shovelling jelly uphill with a pitchfork.

I absolutely love this man. Bob Dylan is a special kind of person in my eyes. I look forward to meeting him someday.

Oh man, those eyes do pierce into your soul!

Bob Dylan really shows how fame is torture. Many people lose the ability to see a famous person as human. Physically and emotionally equal.

I see in this man a bit of every person I've ever loved. Everything is him.

The British media never ask questions, they say something sensational and hope it's reciprocated by the interviewee. They're so transparent in their tactics

His eyes are amazing

haven't seen this since it was broadcast. wow.second only to his decimation of the 'time' reporter in 'don't look back'! so intimidating! the constant glance back and forth to the interviewer and his sketch. the fact he won't sit down. the squints. the sly smile. he's fucking with the guy, but at the same time giving him the most honest answers he can. what a guy! "i just write 'em coz nobody says you can't write 'em"...

"It changes quality of the work, you can tell." "The money Industry that we have today". Great words Bob Dylan

interesting how he is drawing a portrait of the guy, wjhile at the same time the guy is trying to draw his own portrait of Dylan, trying to come to conclusions about him, I think it disarms the interviewer

Bob definitely doesn't make it easy on the interviewers, ever, but I think the ones who really get into trouble are the ones who seem to be trying to show how intelligent or insightful they are with the questions they ask. The longer, more winding the question, the gruffer Bob's answers get.

"You know how people think you're some kind of shaman, don't they?" Imagine getting asked this kind of shit for 20 years.. and this was 30 years ago.

i love how he's ignoring his questions but keeps looking at him so intensely drawing him..like he might not be answering your question....but he cares enought to draw you....so cute:)

Over 20 years after Don't Look Back and he's still the same conniving little smartass, never giving straight answers. I love this man.

Dylan knew how the media would love to twist his words and thoughts and threw it back at them! Genius

I cant help but feel relaxed watching him draw the interviewer while being interviewed lol. Although I'm sure he's doing it to convey a message of what it's like to be constantly analyzed and critiqued by people who think they know you but have absolutely no idea who you really are and vice versa. Kind of genius.

Shoots down all his thoughtless questions and continues to create a masterpiece drawing while dodging the bullshit. This is why I love bob

Dylan's eyes in the video are insane.❤‍🔥

imagine having the honor of meeting bob dylan, him draw a picture of you, and sign it. And you ask the most cliche questions, why dont they ever send an interviewer that actually care,know and understand his music

I will not say my age because i will get hate comments, but i am a young teen and I idolise Bob Dylan, he is such a great hard worker on the road, he's on the road so much and loves it, my band are playing rock n roll Rolling Stones sort of style and we are doing a few Dylan covers, we are now writing our own songs and plan to tour constantly and work as hard as Bob Dylan, we believe we have that love for the music...but it really shows with Dylan! A true musician

I love the way Bob royally fucks with journalists who go in thinking they *know*, like they stayed up til' 4am pouring over Blonde on Blonde and came away some great, profound insight that *must* be right, and think they're the first person to tell Bob he does something in *this* way, and this bit must be significant because of *this* reason and how do you write a song, Bob? I think it's hilarious that people keep doing this shit after that Beatnik looking fellow (probably the Zodiac Killer) went on about album covers and motorcycles or some shit in that San Francisco press conference.

I love the way he talks♥♥

Dylan is very spiritual , a free spirit and the leave me alone type.

How to best interview him: Don't.

I don't think a lot of journalists understand the way musician's, poets, etc create art. You can't ask him questions like, "Where do your songs come from?" I mean, you either have it or you don't. Either you're creative or you're not. You can't expect Dylan to answer that.

can't believe this is 20 years old...I love this man more after watching this than i ever did before...be creative y'all...don't be afraid of being wrong..feel the fear and do it, just do it anyways. Amen

There's a light in his eye, I've never seen before but been after all my life.

#1 rule of interviewing an artist in any medium: DO NOT ask where they get their ideas from.

His songs are whatever they are to whoever listens to them, so true, everybody get's touched in different ways.

awesome in my eyes he is the greatest songwriter poet of all time amazing stuff god bless bob

Your a genius, thank you so much! I'm saving this before someone takes it down!

I love the way he takes a single word and works it round and round to squeeze out its different meanings. "I had less money than anybody I know. I had no money! I mean, if you're talking about paper money, or or money in the bank, value, wealth, what-dyah ah.... possessions and all that stuff..." The man oozes words

one in a million.

I think Dylan's response and ploy is amazing! Just brilliant (Yes, he does indeed look totally coked up) and actually amazingly responsive. I feel he gives some incredibly (for him) honest answers. I love this interview

Stories with visual images. He has gone through so many incarnations. He is amazing.

Enjoyed this video! All the best!!

The most difficult man to interview ever. A journalists nightmare. But guess what - I still love him and his music

When will they know, Bob has and always will do what he wants !

Dylan was a very private person. He did not let anyone in his life . He is a very humble man.

this 10 minute portion of this interview has made me like dylan much more

Bob is documenting the documentary with his portrait , he is leaving the interviewee vulnerable, ultimately... like he is

Interviewer: "We're making a documentary on hearts of fire WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE to Bob Dylan".. Bob Dylan: EXACTLY! 😂

I love it he's trying to distract the guy so he's drawing a picture of him I love it

It's like adolescence, impossible to overlook, impossible to forget.

Bob: "I don't write stories" Bob's song "Hurricane" lyric: "This is the story of the Hurricane." Hahaha

Think how tiring it would be to be asked the same old questions over and over. I think any humble person would get sick and tired of being interviewed. He also looked stoned and tired. Anyway, I love him no matter how he acts. Is he supposed to be in a good and gracious mood at all times? He is unique and special. I love and admire him. It is amazing that he hasn't gone crazy from being so famous.

Is funny, Dylan always try to reverse the situation from being a interview to a regular conversation.

Absolutely fantastic ,Dylan at his aloof best .

Make no mistake, there is no person that wants to perpetuate the dylan mystique more than dylan.

Bob says, "I just write 'em because nobody says you can't write em."

I love this. ❤❤❤. I Just love thé way you talk to the press. It’s just blessed. There you go!

I’ve waited 44 years for you.

He sure had a grin on his face after the "I'll be right back" part. Plus a little drip...-

He looks pretty rough here! I can’t believe he just stayed in his trailer here in 🇨🇦! That’s Awesome!

aaww this is so nice---love seeing bob relaxed

Oisin, You will love this!

When he left the trailer in the beginning, he believe he went and did a line... ...sniff..sniff...

Bob is coolness in person

He is so GODDAMN handsome. +got some fucking brains! They don't make them like Bob Dylan anymore...

He's like a walking talking work of art to me.

This is a man right here :) I want one like this

Bob is not just a wonderful artist, the greatest, he's hilarious. I don't blame him for laughing or being guarded. I think he's very honest and open. Honestly, the way people treat him is appalling sometimes.

I love that not one interviewer gambles on a Bob Dylan interview by being themselves and just asking the guy oddball shit like, " Does a peanut butter and jelly sandwich mean your giving up or getting up?", "if coffee tasted like orange juice would you still drink it?", "Do you bother reading your fortune cookie?"

Bob is absolutely brilliant and truly a beautiful person!❤

I love Bob Dylan, but I'd hate to interview him. It's like he just tries to find a way to disagree with or discredit everything you say or every question you ask him

Dylan: "I'll be RIGHT back" Producer: "Heh heh... ten years later ..."

I love how the interviewer gives Bob a rather long winded theory of how he thinks he may have written All Along The Watchtower and finishing up says "I suppose what I want to know is when you write a song am I right about you doing it like that?" Bob: No. lol

I just love this man. although he does not reveal himself. because he does not need to be famous He is as he is . A good human being.

best interview

The most notable thing about this painful 'interview', is that Bob, is, by and large, pretty much the same guy he was in the 1965 press conference he gave, 21 years before. Sure, he's more self assured in this, wiser by far - like anyone would hope to be - but there's nothing mysterious here. He's Bob. He was Bob back then, he's Bob here. What we have is a man with exceptional talents and an aura & charisma of epic proportions - he just exudes it. Was born with it. Doesn't question it - why? Sure, it helps he's smart as a whip, but so are many humans. I just get the overriding impression that it is exactly - and I mean *exactly* as he tells it - he really doesn't know why there's all this fixation about what he does - and what's so odd about that? It's totally human. And so is he. It must get so damn annoying having people fawning all over you, trying to read into every damn word, when all you really are is just another human trying to have a good time, trying to create some cool stuff ... but, how the heck do you equate that with how the media has reacted, how people have reacted? All I can say, is he is a very level headed and grounded guy to be able to take this onboard - but heck, by accounts, he got wounded by it. Wounded pretty bad. Some nasty nasty fuckers are out there in this world. All I can say is he has given us some great music - he has used the talents he was given to the upmost of his ability, why do we need to know anymore than that?

I love this.

Dylan after he smoked a really good joint. I love it!

So talented and so special.😌👍 He's really strange an seems to have many ways to protect himself. Always interesting.

I want to buy whatever the hell he is drawing.

He looked very servere with eyeliner...I've loved this guy for 33 years and seen him try to field such ridiculous and unanswerable questions from so many interviewers and generally he comes off as rude and uninterested - I don't think it's always the case, I think he reacts directly to the depth and significance of the questions he's being asked, which are generally vague and unanswerable - great clip 🔥

I do believe he is being for real. I like that.

His voice sounds exactly the same as it did in his interviews in the 60s.

When faced with generally unanswerable questions, Dylan, like anyone, becomes unavoidably vague.

reminds me of the interview with the science student in don't look back, 20 years earlier.

He is getting so close to the TRUTH in his interviews, which makes some people very uncomfortable, especially if they are hiding from the TRUTH all their life. Rarely the opponent is on the same level of consciousness. And we can enjoy real conversation between two equally intelligent human beings.

This was shot in The Hammer!! Hamilton Ontario. I was studying Radio Broadcasting at Mohawk College at this time, and was an extra in the movie... the concert scenes that were shot at Copps Coliseum

He's a bad ass, haha but i like because puts media and interviewers into his place!

Robbie Hart from Wedding Singer stole his look!

Beautiful man

Here we Are my Dear.

Ok .Just hold on for a second,I'll be right back. 🤣👏👏Dylan came back with his humor with him.

He's an artist he's a poet he's whatever you want him to be whatever the song is it's your interpretation

OMG!!! Bob Dylan is so veiny

I wish more people grasped what he's talking about at the end of this clip.

1:03 the smoke drag of a man who has been there and done it. Dylan is my king

It always baffles me when interviews go like this. Start slow. Ask the man how his day or week is going. See if he’s in good health. Starting with broad cliches clearly annoyed an already annoyed man.

This is Dylan's way of showing us what the interviewer looks like as he's talking to him and how gulpy lookin he is xD

I love Bob.