The Spectator, November 13th, 2004
Finding and losing a voice CHRONICLES by Bob Dylan Simon & Schuster, £16.99, pp. 256, ISBN 0743230760 £14.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848
What does it take to turn artistic talent into its full creative expression? Then, once you've found your authentic artistic voice, how can you stop critics and followers over-defining it until you feel penned-in to the point of paralysis? And if you finally lose your voice altogether, how do you find it again? Bob Dylan's brilliant autobiography Chronicles invites us to share that creative voyage, to listen to his emerging artistic voice. Sing...
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