World exclusive: Bob Dylan - I'll be at the Nobel Prize ceremony... if I can

[Donkees]

Source: Telegraph UK

Since it was announced he had been chosen by the Swedish Academy to receive the Nobel, Dylan has made no public reference at all to it, save for a fleeting mention on his own website that was deleted within 24 hours. More than that, he has also reportedly refused to pick up the phone to speak to representatives of the Nobel committee. They apparently remain in the dark about whether he will be attending the ceremony on December 10, when he will receive a cheque for £750,000 from King Carl VI Gustaf.

Well, I can put them out of their misery. For when I ask about his Nobel, Dylan is all affability. Yes, he is planning to turn up to the awards ceremony in Stockholm. “Absolutely,” he says. “If it’s at all possible.”

And as he talks, he starts to sound pretty pleased about becoming a Nobel laureate. “It’s hard to believe,” he muses. His name has been mentioned as on the shortlist for a number of years, but the announcement was certainly not expected. When he was first told, it was, Dylan confides, “amazing, incredible. Whoever dreams about something like that?”





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[ailsagirl]

1. That's good to hear!

Love that man!!

[Achilleaze]

2. Things have changed

[joshdawg]

10. Great vid!

Thanks for posting.

[joeybee12]

3. what a joke. nt

[spike jones]

5. And I'm an atheist.

"Every Grain Of Sand" by Bob Dylan

In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need
When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed
There's a dying voice within me reaching out somewhere
Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair.

Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake
Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break
In the fury of the moment I can see the master's hand
In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand.

Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear
Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer
The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way
To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay.

I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame
And every time I pass that way I always hear my name
Then onward in my journey I come to understand
That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand.

I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night
In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintry light
In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space
In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face.

I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea
Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other time it's only me
I am hanging in the balance of the reality of man
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand.

https://vimeo.com/61822795

[Skittles]

6. well isn't he special

[blitzen]

7. Just saw him in concert in Baton Rouge...

two nights ago. He didn't speak a single word. Great show, great band, and, yes, great vocalist.

[Donkees]

8. "According to the Nobel statutes, Dylan will need to give a public presentation within six months"

Dylan, after many people complained that he was unworthy of the award, called the Swedish Academy this week, according to a news release from the foundation, and the iconic folk crooner said, “If I accept the prize? Of course.”

The academy announced two weeks ago that Dylan, 75, had won the Nobel Prize, but he hadn’t responded to the foundation until now. One official initially blasted the folk singer, calling his behavior "impolite and arrogant."

But the news release stated that, indeed, Dylan was touched by the honor.

“The news about the Nobel Prize left me speechless," he told Sara Danius, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy. “I appreciate the honor so much.”

According to the Nobel statutes, however, Dylan will need to give a public presentation within six months in order to accept the cash prize.

Officials from the Swedish Academy have already said the "lecture" presentation could take the form of a concert, though not necessarily his own music, and that they are working with their laureate to find a suitable venue, not necessarily in Stockholm, for fulfilling the duty.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/bob-dylan-breaks-silence-nobel-prize-win/story?id=43149030

[JI7]

9. if he isn't as connected as most others it's possible he actually did not hear about the prize

as soon as many others did and maybe thought it a joke if someone told him.