Your Daily Dose of Dylan, Part 11 Dollar Bills

The folk purists had a problem with him, but Harry [Belafonte]--who could have kicked the shit out of all of them--couldn't be bothered, said that all folksingers were interpreters, said it in a public way as if someone had summoned him to set the record straight. He even said he hated pop songs, thought they were junk. I could identify with Harry in all kinds of ways. -- from Chronicles, Volume One