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> [Funny thing about Bob Dylan, the newest Nobel laureate in literature: He's been a master of self-invention for more than 50 years,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/funny-thing-about-bob-dylan-the-newest-nobel-laureate-in-literature/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

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> [ \[Bob\] Dylan thus deserves the Nobel Prize, not just for "new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," as the Nobel… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/bob-dylan-thus-deserves-the-nobel-prize-not-just-for-new-poetic/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

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> [In honor of his new Nobel, this hard-core Dylanophile wants to share with you a song or two from each of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/in-honor-of-his-new-nobel-this-hard-core-dylanophile-wants-to-share/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

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## Other authors on Nobel

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- [Ahmed H. Zewail 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nobel/ahmed-h-zewail/)

## More by Jay Michaelson

> [ Except in these latter-day songs, \[Bob\] Dylan is a grizzled old prophet who's already been to hell and back. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/except-in-these-latter-day-songs-bob-dylan-is-a-grizzled-old-prophet/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

> [ The most recent incarnation of \[Bob\] Dylan has been the traveling journeyman/ charlatan who sings roots music, snarls dark lyrics that make "All Along… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/the-most-recent-incarnation-of-bob-dylan-has-been-the-traveling/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

> [We in the Jewish community are comparatively lucky. All of traditions have anti-gay pieces but the Jewish tradition doesn't have as many anti-sexuality and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/we-in-the-jewish-community-are-comparatively-lucky-all-of-traditions/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

> [ Probably the high-watermark of \[Bob\] Dylan's career came after he plugged in his guitar ("Judas!" one fan shouted during a concert) and exploded American… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/probably-the-high-watermark-of-bob-dylan-s-career-came-after-he/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

> [ "Masters of War" \[of Bob Dylan\] wasn't peacenik, anti-war stuff. With its minor key and uncompromising final lines ("And I hope that you die/And… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/masters-of-war-of-bob-dylan-wasn-t-peacenik-anti-war-stuff-with-its/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

> [“as Krishnamurti said, “It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/as-krishnamurti-said-it-is-no-measure-of-health-to-be-well-adjusted/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

> [People should support equality because of their religion not despite it. These are the values that openness, inclusion, diversity promote. And they're directly opposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/people-should-support-equality-because-of-their-religion-not-despite/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

> [“Dukkha is not the self-inflicted stress of a technology executive; it’s the real stuff, the kind of suffering that merits the Pali word’s original…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/dukkha-is-not-the-self-inflicted-stress-of-a-technology-executive-it/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

> [Funny thing about Bob Dylan, the newest Nobel laureate in literature: He's been a master of self-invention for more than 50 years, creating personae,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/funny-thing-about-bob-dylan-the-newest-nobel-laureate-in-literature/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

> [“It is possible to refine awareness itself so much that the emptiness of things, and the role mental construction plays, becomes a directly apprehended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/it-is-possible-to-refine-awareness-itself-so-much-that-the-emptiness/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

> [ In late \[Bob\] Dylan, music is the key to immortality, even though the summer days are long gone. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/in-late-bob-dylan-music-is-the-key-to-immortality-even-though-the/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

> [“For the Buddha of the Pali Canon, the goal is liberation: the cessation of suffering, the end of the endless hamster-wheel of dependent origination,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/for-the-buddha-of-the-pali-canon-the-goal-is-liberation-the-cessation/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

> [ I suspect many readers might associate \[Bob Dylan\] with one of the shortest phases of his career, the time from 1963 to '65 when… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/i-suspect-many-readers-might-associate-bob-dylan-with-one-of-the/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

> [ While \[Bob\] Dylan's folk fans thought he was selling out \[in 1965-67\], actually Dylan was lodging a stronger, deeper critique of American hypocrisy. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/while-bob-dylan-s-folk-fans-thought-he-was-selling-out-in-1965-67/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

> [ \[Bob\] Dylan, like Johnny Cash and only a handful of others, simultaneously embodies the American dream and the harsh wake-up call that comes after… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-michaelson/bob-dylan-like-johnny-cash-and-only-a-handful-of-others/)

[Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-michaelson/)

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