> it wasn't trying to destroy the myth or somehow take down the artist The only unified theory that seems to hold is that the artist himself doesn't want the m

> it wasn't trying to destroy the myth or somehow take down the artist The only unified theory that seems to hold is that the artist himself doesn't want the myth or the artist. He likes music, he makes music, and he has occasionally given extra attention to his lyrics, but on the whole doesn't work his lyrics the way we typically expect a poet to do. From the article, quoting "Don't Look Back": “I got nothing to say about these things I write,” he informs the interviewer. “I don’t write them for any reason. There’s no great message. I mean, if, you know, you wanna tell other people that, go ahead and tell them, but I’m not going to have to answer to it.”