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The first generation from the ’50s that were in 1650 [Broadway] were pretty much all crooks,

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The first generation from the ’50s that were in 1650 [Broadway] were pretty much all crooks,
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I mean just out and out crooks. And the next generation had a little more finesse. But I mean those first wave of people, you know, definitely would take all your money, no doubt about it.
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Musically Bob [Dylan] is a primitive. He’s not a Gershwin, or somebody that uses eloquent music terms.
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