Dylan has described his reaction to hearing Hendrix 's version: "It overwhelmed me, really. He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people would n't think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using. I took license with the song from his version, actually, and continue to do it to this day. '' In the booklet accompanying his Biograph album, Dylan said: "I liked Jimi Hendrix 's record of this and ever since he died I 've been doing it that way... Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it 's a tribute to him in some kind of way. ''
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It overwhelmed me, really. He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people would n't think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using. I took license with the song from his version, actually, and continue to do it to this day. I liked Jimi Hendrix 's record of this and ever since he died I 've been doing it that way... Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it 's a tribute to him in some kind of way.