Interview of Bob Dylan (2004)

Ed Bradley, 60 Minutes, Chronicles era

December 2004 on 60 Minutes: Ed Bradley finally sits with Bob Dylan after nearly two decades without a proper television interview, the memoir Chronicles, Volume One still new in bookshops. Dylan talks myth, media, and songs that went past their author, answering from the side without sounding empty.

Bradley keeps the room steady. Dylan keeps stepping past the easy summary. This is not a confession but the work: a writer explaining, carefully, that he would not explain the songs.