It took me a few years before I actually listened to Bob Dylan. I was crazy about the other folksingers of the 60's, like Baez, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Ian & Sylvia, etc...but just avoided Dylan till 1969.

I had the notion he was unpalatable or unlistenable or something.

When I finally DID sit down and deliberately listen to him in '69, I was totally amazed. It unquestionably changed my whole life. I have loved him ever since.