I can't help but wonder if he was hinting at his intention to move away from issue directed folk songs. Like leaving a lover, with the motivation being his "musings on how he has now become public property, with every aspect of his private life raked over, asked about, and his songs examined for clues (as many of us are doing here all these year's later!)"
After this came Another Side of Bob Dylan, with more personal and abstract songs, less topical, less true to the folk roots of the early days.
I can't help but wonder if he was hinting at his intention to move away from issue directed folk songs. Like leaving a lover, with the motivation being his "musings on how he has now become public property, with every aspect of his private life raked over, asked about, and his songs examined for clues (as many of us are doing here all these year's later!)"
After this came Another Side of Bob Dylan, with more personal and abstract songs, less topical, less true to the folk roots of the early days.