As a trained singer as well, I've come to really admire people who can get up, sing, and sound decent without any vocal training. I think that if Bob Dylan were to have taken vocal lessons (I'm assuming he never did, I don't really know) then he might not have sung the way he did (and still does), and that would have been very sad. There's something about his raw, untrained, just plain different voice that I've come to really, really like. I can't even put my finger on it. Usually, I don't like folk singers at all. Can't stand Johnny Cash, for example. I apologize if that gets a few of you fired up, but his voice makes it impossible for me to get into his songs at all. I have said before that he's talentless when it comes to singing, which is completely debatable. Same with Bob Dylan. Just out of preference and reasons I can't even name I happen to like his voice.
I agree though, that the real point is that he's a songwriter and he can still get his messages across. Because his messages are awesome. I've purposely not listened to Bob Dylan in the past simply because he's a "folk singer," and I'm really glad that I've been forced to listen to him now, because he's very quickly worked his way up to one of my all time favorites.
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