Bob Dylan’s parents
In 1963, the Duluth News Tribune caught up with Abe and Beatty Zimmerman, and asked them a couple questions about their son, Robert. Abe didn’t mince words: “My son is a corporation and his public image is strictly an act.”
So what do you do when your son wants to become Bob Dylan? You give him a chance:
His parents say they “always knew that Bobby had a real streak of talent, but we didn’t know what kind. We just could not corral it.” […] "He wanted to have free rein,“ says Zimmerman. "He wanted to be a folk singer, an entertainer. We couldn’t see it, but we felt he was entitled to the chance. It’s his life, after all, and we didn’t want to stand in the way. So we made an agreement that he could have one year to do as he pleased, and if at the end of that year we were not satisfied with his progress he’d go back to school.”
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