Dylan On Dylan

"Bob The Essential Interviews charts Dylan's public transformation, from the early sixties to the present day, as he repeatedly re-creates himself. Dylan expert and longtime Rolling Stone contributor Jonathan Cott has compiled thirty-one interviews that, taken together, present the evolution of a brilliant young man evading fame and its attendant invasion of privacy into a seasoned professional who has learned how to impart truth to those questioning him without giving away too much of his private self." Included in Bob The Essential Interviews are all six major interviews Rolling Stone conducted with Dylan, by Rolling Stone founder Jann S. Wenner, Mikal Gilmore, Kurt Loder, and Cott himself.

Jonathan Cott is the author of sixteen books, including Dylan (a biography), and co-wrote The Ballad of John & Yoko. He has been a contributing editor of Rolling Stone magazine since its inception and has written for the New York Times, Parabola, and the New Yorker. He lives in New York City.