If Dylan's work in the 1960s was seen as bringing intellectual ambition to popular music, critics in the 21st century described him as a figure who had greatly expanded the folk culture from which he initially emerged.
Ak bolo Dylanove dielo zo 60. rokov vnímané ako snaha dostať do populárnej hudby intelektuálnu rovinu, kritici 21. storočia ho opisujú ako osobnosť, ktorá veľkolepo rozvinula folkovú kultúru, z ktorej Dylan pôvodne pochádza.