Bob Dylan Biography

Fast Facts

• Received The Order of Legion d'Honneur from the French government in 2013
• Was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012
• Received the 1963 Tom Paine Award from the Emergency Civil Liberties Union
• Was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016
• Was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988
• Received an honorary degree from Princeton University in 1970
• Started performing covers of Little Richard songs in high school with his band The Golden Chords
• Quote: "“Take care of all your memories․ For you cannot relive them․”"
• Quote: "“All I can do is be me, whoever that is․”"
• Best known for his counterculture songs that touched on civil rights and war protests
• Appeared in a 2004 advertisement for lingerie company VIctoria's Secret
• Performed the harmonica on Harry Belafonte's album "Midnight Special․"
• His song "Blowin' in the Wind" inspired singer Sam Couke to write "A Change Is Gonna Come․"