Photos: Bob Dylan through the years

President Barack Obama presents rock legend Bob Dylan with a Medal of Freedom, Tuesday, May 29, 2012, during a ceremony at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Bob Dylan attends the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 29, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, Bob Dylan performs during the 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles. Dylan is giving human rights supporters something to sing about. He waived the publishing fees for his entire catalog, allowing Amnesty International to create a four-disk compilation album in honor of the organization's golden anniversary. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

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This Sunday, July 22, 2012, file photo shows US singer songwriter Bob Dylan performs on stage at "Les Vieilles Charrues" Festival in Carhaix, western France. French authorities have filed preliminary charges against Bob Dylan over an interview in which he is quoted comparing Croatians to Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan. Paris prosecutors office spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre said Monday the charges of public insult and inciting hate were filed in mid-November.The charges stemmed from a lawsuit by a Croatian advocacy group in France over an interview in Rolling Stone magazine in 2012.(AP Photo/David Vincent, file)

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U.S. musician Bob Dylan performs with his band in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Sunday, April 10, 2011. After nearly five decades of singing about a war that continues to haunt a generation of Americans, legendary performer Bob Dylan finally got his chance to see Vietnam at peace. Dylan took to the stage in the former Saigon on Sunday, singing such favorites as "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" and "Highway 61 Revisited." (AP Photo/Le Quang Nhat)

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U.S musician Bob Dylan performs at the London Feis Festival, in Finsbury Park, Saturday, June 18, 2011, just weeks after his 70th birthday. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

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People look at the artwork by US musician Bob Dylan, at The National Gallery, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Saturday Sept. 4, 2010. Denmark's National Gallery is displaying 40 acrylic paintings by Bob Dylan that have never before been shown to the public. Curator Kasper Monrad said the paintings in Dylan's "Brazil Series" were specifically made for the Danish exhibition, which opens Friday. ** DENMARK OUT **(AP Photo/Thorkild Amdi/Polfoto)

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Bob Dylan Singer Bob Dylan and appears before a full house at Madison Square Garden in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1974. He is on tour with his back up group The Band. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)

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In this Aug. 26, 2006 file photo, Bob Dylan performs as the opening act of the Pawtucket Arts Festival at McCoy Stadium, in Pawtucket, R.I. Rock legend Bob Dylan was treated like a complete unknown by police in a New Jersey shore community when a resident called to report someone wandering around the neighborhood. Long Branch business administrator Howard Woolley says a 24-year-old police officer apparently was unaware of who Dylan is and asked him for identification. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)

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** FILE **Bob Dylan performs during the 2006 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, in this April 28, 2006, file photo. Iconic American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan on Wednesday June 13, 2007 was awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias arts award, one of the country's most prestigious honors. Dylan, 66, has been one of the most influential popular music artists in recent decades. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen/FILE)

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Rock legend Bob Dylan waits at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, as he is watched by two unidentified women, Wednesday, June 23, 2004, after he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Music. The American icon, whose hits include "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Mr Tambourine Man," has only ever accepted one other honorary degree, from Princeton University in 1970. (AP Photo/ Pool/David Cheskin)

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American Singer Bob Dylan during his tour through West Germany at the Dortmunder Westfalenhalle, June 27, 1978. (AP Photo/Proepper)

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American pop legend Bob Dylan sings "Knocking on Heavens doors" in front of Pope John Paul II during a concert in honour of the Pontiff in Bologna Saturday, September 27, 1997. An estimated crowd of 300,000 attended the concert. The evening, the highlight of a weeklong religious congress in Bologna, was billed as a chance for the 77-year-old pope to spend time with young people and their music. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, left, is joined onstage by Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards during Live Aid famine relief concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on July 13,1985. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

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A photo of Woody Guthrie, from the 1940s, left, is displayed next to one of Bob Dylan, from the 1960s, as part of a new display about Dylan at the Experience Music Project Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, at the museum in Seattle. The first major museum exhibit dedicated to Dylan's work, "Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956-1966," opens there Saturday, Nov. 20. Dylan was greatly influenced by Guthrie and in many ways patterned himself after him. (AP Photo/ElaineThompson)

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A worker looks around after placing a photo of Bob Dylan against a wall during set-up of a new display about the musician at the Experience Music Project Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, at the museum in Seattle. The first major museum exhibit dedicated to Dylan's work, "Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956-1966," opens there Saturday, Nov. 20. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Bob Dylan performs "Cry A While" at the 44th annual Grammy Awards, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

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Bob Dylan sings during his anniversary concert at New York's Madison Square Garden, Friday night, Oct. 17, 1992. Joined by contemporary artists, Dylan celebrates the 30th anniversary of the release of his first Columbia album. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm)

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Bob Dylan performs "Love Sick" as a prankster, Michel 'Soy Bomb' Portnoy, is carried off stage by security during the 40th annual Grammy Awards Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1998, at New York's Radio City Music Hall. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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American singer Bob Dylan gestures as he performs during his show on Tuesday, June 24, 1981 at the Colombes Olympic stadium, west of Paris, France in front of an estimated crowd of 40,000 fans. (AP Photo/Herve Merliac)

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Musician Bob Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue perform at a benefit concert for boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, January 1976. Musician Bob Neuwirth is at right. (AP Photo)

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Singer and guitar player Bob Dylan performs in the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Tex., on Jan 25, 1975. (AP Photo)

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Folk singer Bob Dylan sings on stage during his final appearance with "The Band" at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, Calif., on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 1976. The show was known as "The Last Waltz". (AP Photo)

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Singer Bob Dylan and appears before a full house at Madison Square Garden in New York, Jan. 31, 1974. He is on tour with his back up group The Band. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)

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FILE- In this Dec. 8, 1975 file photo, Bob Dylan performs before a sold-out crowd in New York's Madison Square Garden, during a benefit concert for former Boxer Rubin Hurricane" Carter. Carter was eventually freed after serving 19 years in prison for three murders he didnt commit. On Tuesday, April 4, 2011, more than three decades after Dylan first brought Carters plight into the public consciousness; academics from around the U.S. will examine "Hurricane" and similar songs during a Manhattan conference called "Bob Dylan and the Law." (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine, File)

AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine, File

Bob Dylan Singer Bob Dylan performs during his opening night concert in Chicago, Jan. 6, 1974. He began his six-week tour after eight years of seclusion. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell)

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Bob Dylan and others sing at a benefit at Madison square garden in New York on May 9 , 1974, in honor of the late Chilean President Salvador Allende, show, from left, are: actor Dennis Hopper, Arlo Guthrie, film director Melvin Van Peebles (behind Guthrie), Melanie, Dylan and Dave Van Ronk. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)

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HURRICANE" CARTER Bob Dylan performs before a sold-out crowd of about 20,000 in New York's Madison Square Garden, Dec. 8. 1975 at a benefit concert to support efforts to get a new trail for former Boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. Carter is now serving three-life sentences for murder in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)

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Singer Bob Dylan entertains at the Forum in Los Angeles, Feb 15, 1974. (AP Photo/Jeff Robbins)

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American folk singers Joan Baez, left, and Bob Dylan perform before a crowd of about 20,000 people in New York's Madison Square Garden on Dec. 8, 1975, in a benefit concert for former boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. Carter is nwo serving three life terms for murder in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)

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Bob Dylan is back on the road with his show visiting small town and cities. He is seen here with Joan Baez, Nov. 4, 1975 in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo)

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Singer Bob Dylan strums his Fender Telecaster guitar to the delight of over 17,000 fans who filled the Nassau Coliseum, January 29,1974 in Uniondale, NY. Dylan,accompanied by The Band , stopped at the New York suburb during their current six-week tour throughout the U.S. and Canada.( AP Photo/Ron Frehm)

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Singer Bob Dylan performs during a concert in Chicago, Jan. 3, 1973. Guitarist Robbie Robertson at left. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell)

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USA Singer Bob Dylan Singer Bob Dylan appears during opening night concert in Chicago, USA on Thursday, Jan. 4, 1973. Dylan, pop culture poet and singer began his six-week tour after eight years of privacy. (AP Photo)

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Pop singer Bob Dylan made a suprise appearance at the Academy of Music on 14th Street, New York City, Jan. 1, 1972 for New Year's Day. (AP photo)

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George Harrison, left, and Bob Dylan look at each other as they perform during a benefit concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Aug. 1, 1971. The proceeds from the concert will aid refugees of East Pakistan. (AP Photo)

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American singing star Bob Dylan seen during his performance on the Isle of Wight when he gave his first public appearance in four years at the Pop Festival held on Sept. 1, 1969, there over three days, Dylan was the highlight of the Islands biggest ever pop gathering with an estimated 200,000 people attend in the final day (Sunday). (AP Photo)

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Bob Dylan is seen performing at a benefit concert for Bangladesh refugees at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Aug. 1, 1971. Former Beatle George Harrison is playing the guitar behind Dylan. Leon Russell is on the right. (AP Photo)

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American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is shown in concert on the Isle of Wight, England, Aug. 31, 1969. (AP Photo)

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Musician Bob Dylan performs during a concert at the Isle of Wight, Aug. 31, 1969, England. (AP Photo)

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American folk singer Bob Dylan, center, performs with members of "The Band" Robbie Robertson, right and Rick Danko, left, during a three-day festival at Woodside Bay, Isle of Wight, England, Aug. 31, 1969. The audience, estimated at 200,000 people, gathered on the 100-acre field (AP Photo)

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Folk singer and songwriter Bob Dylan is photographed during a news conference at New York's Kennedy International Airport on his arrival from England on Sept. 2, 1969. He said a weekend concert on the Isle of Wight was a warm up for the return of personal appearances in the United States. (AP Photo)

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Dylan American singer Bob Dylan performs on stage at the Olympia Theater in Paris, France, May 24, 1966, on his 25th birthday. (AP Photo)

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Folk singer Bob Dylan, center, performs with drummer Levon Helm, left, Rick Danko, second left, and Robbie Robertson of The Band at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Jan. 20, 1968. The concert is part of a benefit tribute to the late folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie. This is Dylan's first public appearance after his motorcycle accident in Aug. 1966. (AP Photo)

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American folk singer Bob Dylan covers his mouth as he faces the media during a press conference at the Hotel George V in Paris, France on May 23, 1966. He will appear on Tuesday at the Paris Olympia music-hall. Beside him is a puppet. (AP Photo/Pierre Godot)

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American folk singer Bob Dylan sits with a puppet as he faces the media during a press conference at the Hotel George V in Paris, France on May 23, 1966. He will appear on Tuesday at the Paris Olympia music-hall. (AP Photo/Pierre Godot)

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American folk singer Bob Dylan smokes as he faces the media during a press conference at the Hotel George V in Paris, France on May 23, 1966. He will appear on Tuesday at the Paris Olympia music-hall. Beside him is a puppet. (AP Photo/Pierre Godot)

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France Paris Bob Dylan Presser American folk singer Bob Dylan smokes as he faces the media during a press conference at the Hotel George V in Paris, France on May 23, 1966. He will appear on Tuesday at the Paris Olympia music hall. Beside him is a puppet. (AP Photo/Pierre Godot)

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Folk singer and songwriter Bob Dylan, 22, performs on Nov. 8, 1963. The location is unknown. (AP Photo)

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In this 1963 file photo, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan perform at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I. Two years later, on the night of July 25, 1965, Dylan strode onto a stage at the Newport Folk Festival, plugged in an electric guitar and gave the music world a shock. Fifty years later, its considered one of the most important events in rock history, the high-voltage moment when Dylan broke from folk and helped show his fellow musicians the poetic possibilities of rock. (AP Photo, File)

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Folk singer and songwriter Bob Dylan plays the harmonica and acoustic guitar in March 1963 at an unknown location. He was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1941 as Robert Allen Zimmerman. (AP Photo)

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