Al Kooper Quotes About Dylan

• At the end of the playback of the take of "Like A Rolling Stone", or actually during the thing, Bob Dylan said to the producer, turn up the organ. And Tom Wilson said, oh man, that guy's not an organ player. And Dylan said, I don't care, turn the organ up, and that's really how I became an organ player.

  Al Kooper

  Player, Men, Guy

• I think it was Columbia politics, Columbia Records politics that, that, Tom Wilson left [Bob Dylan] after "Like A Rolling Stone".

  Al Kooper

  Thinking, Rolling, Records

• The "Highway 61" album [of Bob Dylan] was produced by Bob Johnston if I'm not incorrect. And Bob Johnston was an entirely different producer than Tom Wilson. Tom Wilson had produced jazz records and was a Harvard educated.

  Al Kooper

  Different, Albums, Records

• Unlike so many Dylan-writer-wannabes and phony 'encyclopedia' compilers, Sean Wilentz makes me feel he was in the room when he chronicles events that I participated in. Finally a breath of fresh words founded in hardcore, intelligent research.

  Al Kooper

  Intelligent, Research, Rooms

• ...You couldn't help being influenced by Dylan.

  Al Kooper

  Helping, Dylan

• The [Bob] Dylan sessions were very disorganized, to say the least. I mean, the "Like A Rolling Stone" session I was invited by the producer to watch.

  Al Kooper

  Mean, Rolling, Watches

• Only through sheer ambition did I end up playing on [Bob Dylan sessions] and the fact that I could do that is a testament to how disorganized it really was.

  Al Kooper

  Ambition, Bob, Facts

• Musically Bob [Dylan] is a primitive. He's not a Gershwin, or somebody that uses eloquent music terms.

  Al Kooper

  Use, Bob, Dylan

• Producing Bob Dylan was pretty much a spectator sport.

  Al Kooper

  Sports, Bob, Dylan

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