Quoted in Like A Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads (Wenner) ↑

This is about growing up

This is about growing up, this is about discovering what is going on around you, realizing that life isn’t all you’ve been told. So now you’re without a home, you’re on your own, complete unknown, like a rolling stone. That’s a liberating thing. This is a song about liberation.

Jann Wenner, as quoted in Like A Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads