“The Times They Are A-Changin’” Two months before the world was subjected to the shocking live coverage of the merciless, bloodthirsty and public daylight murder of JFK in Nov. 1963, Bob Dylan sat down to write a song… He had a particular idea in mind, which he recorded mere weeks before Kennedy’s tragic Assassination. Dylan had already achieved stratospheric acclaim from his treasure-producing workmanship and poetic abilities. He had already jacked up the bar of songwriting to an untouchable level. He also became a reluctant prophet, which can be quite an occupational hazard…Yet he remained himself while dodging all manner of con artists, bloodsuckers, angles, arrows, ignorance, injustices, and scrutinization of his life.

When he sang ‘Galveston’ years ago, it killed me,” Depp says, describing the Jimmy Webb song that Campbell transformed into a Top 10 hit in 1969, making it his own. “It’s about a Vietnam soldier dreaming of home. It’s elegant and perfectly timed.”

Listen to this. I played this one from a boom box when Lily-Rose was born. This is her birth song. She arrived to this, man.

Here’s a question for you. The work you and [David] Bowie did that resulted in The Idiot [1977]—have you guys ever thought about trying something together again? I’m asking as a fan. Some of those lyrics still stick in my head. I think one of the most beautiful lines ever is “That’s like hypnotizing chickens.”