<< I don't think that is an outlandish statement at all. Dylan broke the
doors
down. He changed the way songs were written and what they were written about.
>>
Joni's said several times that when she first heard "You've got a lot of
nerve, to say that I'm your friend" she realized that the sky was the limit
as far as subject matter & lyrics were concerned.
Still, I think she would have wandered along the same path and ended up where
she did without him...that talent and her search for truth & beauty was
already instilled in her from the start.
Bob
NP: Tom Rush, "Circle Game"
