Bob Dylan has insisted that his recently released Christmas album, 'Christmas In The Heart', is not a joke. Anyone who thinks it is apparently just doesn't understand it. Or maybe Bob just doesn't get the joke.
Dylan told The Big Issue: "Critics like that are on the outside looking in. They are definitely not fans or the audience that I play to.They would have no gut level understanding of me and my work, what I can and can't do - the scope of it all. Even at this point in time they don't know what to make of me. These songs are part of my life, just like folk songs. You have to play them straight, too... The songs don't require much acting. They kind of play themselves".