In a Billboard interview, Streisand further detailed the early-career history she shared with Dylan, saying, “I talked to him about our pasts; we never met but we were in Greenwich Village at the same time, finding our way, unknown—me at the Bon Soir [a defunct nightclub] and him with his guitars playing his clubs. It’s interesting we finally met.”
Left: Barbra Streisand in 1963; Right: Bob Dylan in 1963
It seems that Streisand and Dylan were fated to work together, and recording their duet proved to be a powerful experience. As she told Billboard, “The interesting thing is that I saw it as an acting piece. It’s two different people, how they were feeling each other out: what kind of emotions are going on when two people have known of each other for such a long time but never met. It was wonderful to work with him, actually. I did my part earlier in the day, and it worked out perfectly with his. I’m ever the director. And he wanted direction, which was so lovely: ‘What do you think? What do you want?’ He just was so open to trying this or trying that. It was really easy.”
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