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„Critics says I can’t sing.” … “Why don’t they say those things about Leonard Cohen? Why do I get special treatment?“ Bob Dylan spoke in a 40-minute speech accepting the MusiCares Person of the Year 2015 award at the pre-Grammy ceremony.

“Oh, yeah. Critics have been giving me a hard time since Day One. Critics say I can’t sing. I croak. Sound like a frog. Why don’t critics say that same thing about Tom Waits? Critics say my voice is shot. That I have no voice. What don’t they say those things about Leonard Cohen? Why do I get special treatment? Critics say I can’t carry a tune and I talk my way through a song. Really? I’ve never heard that said about Lou Reed. Why does he get to go scot-free?”

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