It happened, you know? It happened like anything else happens. It’s just a happening. You don’t figure out happenings.

— Bob Dylan, to a reporter, when asked to explain his popularity (1965)

As listeners, and as fans of music, we want to figure out how brilliance came to be. To find out how a fuse was lit, to learn when and where the air started crackling with a certain creative electricity. To be able to point a finger and say this here, this is it—we solved the puzzle. Continue reading →