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Bobby Dylan turned 70 today and in celebration the BBC News have announced that there is a Robert Shelton interview somewhere dating from 1966 in which he admits having been a junkie. "I kicked a heroin habit in New York City. I got very, very strung out for a while, I mean really, very strung out. And I kicked the habit. I had about a $25-a-day habit and I kicked it."
Dylan a junkie, eh? Not surprised, maybe a little surprised it was so early in his career. Remember when we had that Dylan bloke, the one who went through his garbage, who told us Dylan was HIV Positive. Woot!
And, for the same interview, which we took off contactmusic? Here is Dylan talking on suicide: "Death to me is nothing… death to me means nothing as long as I can die fast. Many times I've known I could have been able to die fast, and I could have easily gone over and done it. I'll admit to having this suicidal thing… but I came through this time.I'm not the kind of cat that's going to cut off an ear if I can't do something. I'm the kind of cat that would just commit suicide. I'd shoot myself in the brain if things got bad. I'd jump from a window … man, I would shoot myself. You know I can think about death, man, openly."