62 THE ADVOCATE
VOL. 80 PART 1 JANUARY 2022
Chaser: You don’t believe they’re capable of understanding society’s
problems?
Dylan: Wouldn’t have a clue.35
Chaser: What do you think the court is doing here?
Dylan: Searching for the truth.36
Chaser: And what’s your expectation of the court?
Dylan: Be honest, be fair.37
Chaser: Well, we’re fortunate to have the Chief Justice presiding on
this trial.
Dylan: First among equals—second to none.38
Judge: Counsel, could we perhaps address the issue that brings us
here today?
Chaser: Yes. Sorry, My Lord. I’ll move on. Mr. Dylan, let’s explore
your decision to go electric, as it were.
Dylan: We got much to talk about.39
Chaser: You upset a lot of fans?
Dylan: I have no apologies to make.40
Chaser: Well, they thought you were a prophet?
Dylan: I just said what I said.41
Chaser: You don’t have a fond recollection of this period?
Dylan: Some of these memories you can learn to live with and
some of them you can’t.42
Chaser: You seem to give mixed messages?
Dylan: I’m a man of contradictions and a man of many moods.43
Chaser: My friend never asked you why you went electric.
Dylan: So-called friends.44
Chaser: Yes, we’ve established that. Why did you go electric?
Dylan: I made up my mind that I had to go on.45
Chaser: Do you know why?
Dylan: Look not for answers where no answers can be found.46
Chaser: I’m going to suggest you didn’t care about anyone but yourself?
Dylan: Say anything you wanna. I have heard it all.47
Chaser: Fans said you sold out?
Dylan: Not for a second do I believe what they say.48
Chaser: One fan even called you “Judas” at a concert in England?
Dylan: I can still hear his voice crying in the wilderness.49
Chaser: So, what was your reaction?
Dylan: I cried the whole night long.50
Chaser: Really? What did you cry?
Dylan: How does it feel to be on your own?51
Chaser: Oh yes. Immediately after the fan shouted, you
played “Like a Rolling Stone” real loud?
Dylan: Send a message.52