He's not the greatest songwriter in history though.

John Lennon, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Richard Thompson, and Captain Beefheart are all better.

I'd say it's much harder to write lyrics that appeal to millions and work musically and thematically than it is to write ambiguous imagery that's mostly meaningless overwrought metaphors.

Some of Dylan's lyrics are really stupid, but some make so much sense. It's like he throws a million words at you and lots of it is senseless shit, but there are some real gems hidden in the pile.

The man wrote a lot of damn words.