Bob Dylan on his songwriting process austinkleon: The master thief on his theft: “Well, you have to understand that I’m not a melodist,” he says. “My songs are either based on old Protestant hymns or Carter Family songs or variations of the blues form. “What happens is, I’ll take a song I know and simply…

Bob Dylan on his songwriting process austinkleon: The master thief on his theft: “Well, you have to understand that I’m not a melodist,” he says. “My songs are either based on old Protestant hymns or Carter Family songs or variations of the blues form. “What happens is, I’ll take a song I know and simply…