From interview Dylan gave in 1965 at KQED :
The criticism that you have received for leaving the folk field and switching to folk-rock hasn’t seemed to bother you a great deal. Do you think you’ll stick to folk-rock or go into more writing?
I don’t play folk-rock.
What would you call your music?
I like to think of it more in terms of vision music – it’s mathematical music.
Do you think there will ever be a time when you’ll be hung as a thief?
You weren’t supposed to say that
In a lot of your songs you are hard on people – in “Like A Rolling Stone” you’re hard on the girls and in “Positively 4th Street” you’re hard on a friend. Do you do this because you want to change their lives, or do you want to point out to them the error of their ways?
I want to needle them.
If you were going to sell out to a commercial interest, which one would you choose?
Ladies garments.
Mr. Dylan, I know you dislike labels and probably rightfully so, but for those of us well over thirty, could you label yourself and perhaps tell us what your role is?
Well, I’d sort of label myself as “well under thirty.” And my role is to just, y’know, to just stay here as long as I can.