Destroy to Save?

I'm really enjoying the new Dylan book. I feel that he's trying to the best of his capabilities to set down what he has experienced. Sure he may change some things to make himself look better, but have you ever tried to write your own autobiography? I have and it's full of, "Do I really want people to know this?" I've already had those questions about this with this blog. I'm trying to put myself in his position when I think about this but, why do we have to doubt him? Why do we have to know all of the small things that dominate him? I don't want to expose myself completely to the world, why should he? I think the book is autobiographical to a point, and, like you mention, he purposefully refuses to talk about certain times in his life. Do you remember that part in the book where he talks about his first wife Sara? He speaks about how much he loved her, and how he thought she was the greatest. I can understand why he doesn't want to talk about "Blood on the Tracks." "Blonde on Blonde" and some of the other earlier albums I expect him to get to in vol. 2. I doubt that he will ever get to BOTT, and if he does it will be some kind of sanitized narrative. I think that some of the greatest contributions of the book are: 1. admitting that his songs are primarily autobiographical 2. giving insight into the way he sees things, his stream of consciousness.