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title: "6 Prize Quotes By David Bennun"
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> [ There's no reason - not yet, anyway - to believe \[Bob\] Dylan himself endorses such an attitude; or that he would think… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/there-s-no-reason-not-yet-anyway-to-believe-bob-dylan-himself/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

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> [ The \[Nobel\] prize is for literature.\[Bob\] Dylan is a songwriter. Here is where the argument starts to get interesting, because here is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/the-nobel-prize-is-for-literature-bob-dylan-is-a-songwriter-here-is/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

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> [The general sentiment among the Yeas is, no accolade is too high for their man; and the Nobel being, literally, the gold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/the-general-sentiment-among-the-yeas-is-no-accolade-is-too-high-for/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

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> [ I have seen quite a few folk whom I know to be both fair minded and, as it happens,\[Bob\] Dylan fans, take… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/i-have-seen-quite-a-few-folk-whom-i-know-to-be-both-fair-minded-and/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

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> [ The Yeas are relatively uniform. They view \[Bob\] Dylan as one of the greatest artists of his or any era, who deserves… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/the-yeas-are-relatively-uniform-they-view-bob-dylan-as-one-of-the/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

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> [ \[I have\] my own view about \[Bob\] Dylan's Nobel prize. Which is, I'm firmly in the Nay camp. I do think the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/i-have-my-own-view-about-bob-dylan-s-nobel-prize-which-is-i-m-firmly/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

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## More by David Bennun

> [ There's no reason - not yet, anyway - to believe \[Bob\] Dylan himself endorses such an attitude; or that he would think of himself… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/there-s-no-reason-not-yet-anyway-to-believe-bob-dylan-himself/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

> [How heartening it is to know that Ken Loach is still out there making committed, polemical cinema, so long as you don't have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/how-heartening-it-is-to-know-that-ken-loach-is-still-out-there-making/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

> [ Without music, there is not the faintest chance \[Bob Dylan\] words would now be garlanded as they are. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/without-music-there-is-not-the-faintest-chance-bob-dylan-words-would/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

> [ \[Bob Dylan\] is principally a recording artist, and if he weren't, it is unthinkable he would have had such an impact. He is to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/bob-dylan-is-principally-a-recording-artist-and-if-he-weren-t-it-is/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

> [ The \[Nobel\] prize is for literature.\[Bob\] Dylan is a songwriter. Here is where the argument starts to get interesting, because here is where it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/the-nobel-prize-is-for-literature-bob-dylan-is-a-songwriter-here-is/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

> [The general sentiment among the Yeas is, no accolade is too high for their man; and the Nobel being, literally, the gold standard among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/the-general-sentiment-among-the-yeas-is-no-accolade-is-too-high-for/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

> [ First of all, there are those who simply don't care for \[Bob\] Dylan, or at least, don't think he's that great. Some of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/first-of-all-there-are-those-who-simply-don-t-care-for-bob-dylan-or/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

> [ I have seen quite a few folk whom I know to be both fair minded and, as it happens,\[Bob\] Dylan fans, take up cudgels… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/i-have-seen-quite-a-few-folk-whom-i-know-to-be-both-fair-minded-and/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

> [Bob Dylan, Nobel laureate. A new fact so shocking that even the year's most notable deaths have not outdone it for the volume (in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/bob-dylan-nobel-laureate-a-new-fact-so-shocking-that-even-the-year-s/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

> [The question now becomes about defining your terms. What is literature? Unless we allow it to encompass the oral tradition from which it grew,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/the-question-now-becomes-about-defining-your-terms-what-is-literature/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

> [ The point is not that \[Bob\] Dylan doesn't need a Nobel to attest to how good he is (although he doesn't.) It's that pop… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/the-point-is-not-that-bob-dylan-doesn-t-need-a-nobel-to-attest-to-how/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

> [Look, dear! How adorable. When pop music tries its very hardest, it can be almost as good as Sven Hassel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/look-dear-how-adorable-when-pop-music-tries-its-very-hardest-it-can/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

> [All doctrine is ultimately the death of joy - even when the doctrine is the elevation of the light above the serious, because joy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/all-doctrine-is-ultimately-the-death-of-joy-even-when-the-doctrine-is/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

> [ The \[Nobel\] award \[of Bob Dylan\] is no affront to literature; it is an insult to pop music. It is a condescending ruffle of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/the-nobel-award-of-bob-dylan-is-no-affront-to-literature-it-is-an/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

> [ The same is true of ranking him thus against any work of literature. \[Bob Dylan\] has been made, through no fault of his own,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bennun/the-same-is-true-of-ranking-him-thus-against-any-work-of-literature/)

[David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bennun/)

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