Bob Dylan in Love

by Leonard Marshall

From the beginning, Bob Dylan's music was fueled by desire. (In 1978, he described his early inspirations to Playboy: "The first song I wrote was a song to Brigitte Bardot... I don't recall too much of it. It had only one chord.")

Dylan's thirty-fifth album, Tempest, comes out today. His love life has been almost as tumultuous as his musical career; in tribute, we're taking a look back at some of his most important relationships and the songs they inspired.