Dylan has never had an unguarded moment in his life.
If he said that, you can bet your life it was to deflect some idiot asking, what does this mean...?

AS Ezra Pound put it. A poem is an equation for an emotion. If you can explain what it means - there would have been no reason to write it. That's how poetry works.

I'm sorry you haven't noticed that a lot of people living in England relate to Dylan's songs and views about folk music. Almost certainly more than relate to Ewan's.

As Tony Hancock said, if this had been an election - you'd have lost your deposit mate...