"Stealing", as some put it, is the natural folk process that has gone on for thousands of years...and it indicates respect and affection for the past, not larceny.

What really bugs people about Dylan is sheer envy. They wish they could've done it, and can't understand why it was him instead. Too bad. Maybe next time. Next lifetime, I mean...

Then if you do become that rich and famous, you will discover that there are some serious disadvantages that you will have to put up with too, like losing your privacy, being able to trust virtually no one, and having legions of gloriously ignorant fools accuse you of things you never even thought of in the first place.

"Somebody's got it in for me
They're planting stories in the press
Whoever it is, I wish they'd cut it out quick
When they will, I can only guess
They say I shot a man named Grey
And took his wife to Italy
She inherited a million bucks
And when she died it came to me
I can't help it if I'm lucky."

He did exactly what everyone else around him was trying to do...he was just far more successful at it.

- LH