A funny Dylan story:
He sometimes invests in real estate. Not to live there, but simply as a form of speculation.
It was well before a concert somewhere, in a pretty black neighborhood on a rainy day.
He was on foot and not dressed fancy, just walking along checking out buildings and houses.
This was a place where it’s unusual to see white pedestrians —they called the cops on him, as it seemed he was casing houses.
Cop was much younger, you’ll agree I think that a Martian’s first guess as to his job would not be “rock star” —he’s pretty ugly.
Cop starts interrogating him, why u here, musician, huh? Where is your gig? He says the name of this ENORMOUS stadium, or something. She comes back, “Oh! So you’re a HUUUUGE star, huh..”
He says, “Well....yeah some people have told me that...”
He doesn’t pull that whole, DO YOU FREAKING KNOW WHO I AM??!?! thing, not at all. He probably relished being taken for a “normal person”, right?
So she cuffs him up, puts him in the squad, yeah arrests him, takes him to the station
THE SHIFT COMMANDER ALMOST HAS A HEART ATTACK..!!
Yeah, that WHOLE time he didn’t cap an attitude AT ALL.
You know with 99% of people I think refusing the award would be an act of arrogance but in his case I think it’s an act of MODESTY.