Bob Dylan: “You have to write 100 bad songs before you write one good one” REUTERSBob Dylan has finally broken his silence after winning the Nobel prize for literature and told critics that some of his songs were Homeric. Dylan, 75, who has been criticised for failing to return calls from the Swedish Academy, said that he was hoping to attend the ceremony in Stockholm in December. He said that it was “hard to believe” he was becoming a Nobel laureate but added that songs such as Blind Willie McTell and Joey could be compared to the literature of ancient Greek writers. One member of the academy called Dylan “impolite and arrogant” after he declined…

Source: The Times October 28, 2016 23:16 UTC