Dylan’s Conversion: We Name the Guilty Men
Steve Turner, NME, 8 September 1979
Nothing guarantees more scorn in rocknroll circles than a man who gets religion. I mean, we pay these guys to visit hell and bring us back colour slides and here they go slipping off to heaven. Its a severe breach of contract.
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