Dylan's heroin habit blues revealed

By The Newsroom

Published 23rd May 2011, 15:59 BST

Updated 23rd May 2011, 23:42 BST

Bob Dylan admitted being suicidal and said he "kicked a heroin habit" in a newly discovered interview recorded at the height of his fame.

The singer-songwriter, who turns 70 today, was recorded by biographer Robert Shelton on a plane journey in March 1966.

He said: "I kicked a heroin habit in New York. I got very, very strung out for a while."