I'm in the middle of watching the Scorsese documentary on the artist's early years. The quote is a response to Joan Baez's disappointment in Bob when, 'way back in '64, he didn't ask her to join him onstage in London, even after she had graciously, lovingly invited him to join her in concert at Carnegie Hall the year before. In her interview for the film, it appears she's found some measure of mature reconciliation -- but it's clear her ageless heart is still hurt by his slight after all these years.
Joan had reasonable expectations, based on her respect for him as an artist and her love for him as a man. And, while he clearly loved/loves and respected/respects her, too, and is obviously sorry about the choice he made so long ago, leave it to Dylan to make a poetic, but painfully honest, observation in apology.
I know this one. Maybe you do, too.
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brutal honesty
It's true, but Dylan didn't say it first. Shakespeare did. "To be wise and to love exceeds man's might." Troilus and Cressida.
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