Accepting Quote by Sjon

[Bob] Dylan thus deserves the Nobel Prize, not just for "new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," as the Nobel committee aptly…

— Jay Michaelson

I think Bob Dylan showed us that songs can rise to the level of literature, and he proved it over and over again. That's…

— Mary Gauthier

I think we need to sort of broaden our definition of poetry, which maybe it's a good thing that they just gave this Nobel…

— Jim Jarmusch

[ Bob Dylan] should let the Nobel Prize Committee know if he is accepting it or not. He will not be the first one…

— Sjon

There's no reason - not yet, anyway - to believe [Bob] Dylan himself endorses such an attitude; or that he would think of himself…

— David Bennun

If you wanted to, it would be easy to find some crappy lyrics [of Bob Dylan] from the Eighties to undermine the Nobel Prize.

— Bob Dylan

[Bob Dylan] is a worthy laureate for the Nobel Prize.

— Sjon

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…

— David Bennun

And what makes Bob Dylan stories interesting is that the only person who can decide their outcome is Bob Dylan, so you never know…

— Tom Junod

Lyrics should not need to stand on their own; many of [Bob] Dylan's do, but in common with other great lyricists, he has written…

— David Bennun

Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don't think anyone downstream from…

— Arlo Guthrie

Bob Dylan truly is a poet whose song is part of the poetry.

— Richard F. Thomas