We are covered in blood, girl. You know both our forefathers were slaves. Let us hope they've found mercy in their bone-filled graves. - Bob Dylan

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We are covered in blood, girl. You know both our forefathers were slaves. Let us hope they've found mercy in their bone-filled graves.

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About Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American folk and rock singer-songwriter, born in Duluth, Minnesota. In 2016 Dylan received the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

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Pen Names: Bob Landy Robert Milkwood Thomas Tedham Porterhouse Blind Boy Grunt Jack Frost Elston Gunn Boo Wilbury Lucky Wilbury Sergei Petrov
Birth Name: Robert Allen Zimmerman
Native Name: Robert Dylan
Alternative Names: Robert Zimmerman Dylan Robert Dylan né Robert Allen Zimmerman Robert Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman) Shabtai Zisl ben Avraham

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