I think Bob Dylan created himself & was a genius. For those of us who lived before he came on the scene it's clear that everything changed after he made his presence known. He more than anyone put words above the melody. Now everybody's a half a poet! But he began it. I think his Blonde on Blonde stage was haughty & cruel. But many geniuses have dark temperaments. I liked him & yet I didn't like him (yep). He is what he is, ever-changing——but perhaps a bit too caustic to be really "liked" as a person. But he's a definite Hall of Famer in the American music scene. There wouldn't've been the likes of a John Prine, w/o first Bob Dylan......