In a 1969 conversation with Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner, Bob Dylan proclaims, “I don’t give interviews.” But in truth, Dylan has given numerous press conferences, spoken at length with print publications large and small and with broadcast media around the world, and even answered listeners’ questions on call-in radio shows. Dylan can be as evasive and abstruse as he is witty; he can be cranky and sarcastic. But in the right moments, he offers candid, revealing commentary about his groundbreaking music and creative process. Those conversations reveal glimpses into the mind of one of the most important performers and songwriters of the last hundred years.

Dylan on Dylan: Interviews and Encounters is an authoritative, chronologically arranged anthology of interviews, speeches, and press conferences, as well as excerpts from nearly a hundred additional Q&As spanning Dylan’s entire career—from 1961 through 2016. The majority have not been previously available in print. The material comes from renowned publications like Rolling Stone and from obscure periodicals like Minnesota Daily, a student newspaper at Dylan’s alma mater. Interviewers include some of the top music journalists of our time, such as Robert Love and Mikal Gilmore, as well as musicians like Pete Seeger and Happy Traum. Introductions put each piece in context and, in many cases, include the interviewer’s reminiscences about the encounter.

The book is published in hardcover and paperback in North America by Chicago Review Press. A Japanese edition is available from Disc Union and an Italian edition (titled Like a Rolling Stone) is published by Il Saggiatore. Click here for purchase links.