A black and white picture of Bob Dylan wearing a striped shirt and sunglasses.

Early in his career, Bob Dylan sang about peace, but he didn’t always practice it in his personal life, as indicated by his attitude toward director Woody Allen. Dylan was prone to aggression, according to those who knew him in the early 1960s. At a party, seemingly out of nowhere, the musician mentioned wanting to attack Allen if he was there. This might not have had to do with an actual dislike of the director, though. 

A black and white picture of Bob Dylan wearing a striped shirt and sunglasses.
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Bob Dylan once aggressively spoke about his desire to fight Woody Allen

In the mid-1960s, The Rolling Stone’ Brian Jones was at a party with his friend Stash when Dylan approached them in the bathroom. He surprised them with his aggression toward Allen, who was, perhaps luckily for him, not in attendance.

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