"Bob Dylan" Questions for Greil Marcus

1. The way you wrote “Bob Dylan” for Rolling Stone seems very lyrical and playful to me. Why did you write this piece in the fragmented style you did? What were you hoping to achieve with this style of writing? Was it intended to read as a journal, an interview or a dialectic of sorts? How did you intend it to be read?
2. In what ways did Dylan’s album “rewrite history?” (“Bob Dylan” 9) 
3. What are your favorite (Blue Moon / Like A Rolling Stone?) and least favorite (All the Tired Horses / cover of The Boxer?) songs by Dylan, and why?
4. You write, “The point is that Dylan’s songs can serve as metaphors, enriching our lives, giving us random insight into the myths we carry and the present we live, intensifying what we’ve known and leading us toward what we never looked for, while at the same time enforcing an emotional strength upon those perceptions by the power of the music that moves with the words.” In what ways is Dylan’s music “about possibilities rather than facts?” (“Bob Dylan” 26) Do any modern/newer artists or genres do this for you? What is the relationship between music and words to you? 
5. Do you draw from any critical theory or philosophy in your music and cultural criticism/writing? What books or articles might you recommend, either by you or other noteworthy music journalists/authors/critics? 
6. What inspired you to write about music and culture? 
7. As a music and cultural critic, have you written anything about or taken any personal action against the US's use of music torture/"interrogation?" What's your view of this?