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Bob Dylan Trivia
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- Introduced the Beatles to pot-smoking in 1964, during their first meeting in New York; each told the press later "We just laughed all night."
- Awarded the Polar Music Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Award, in 2000.
- Awarded honorary doctorate by Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, June 9, 1970.
- Hitchhiked from Minnesota to New York after leaving college, paying his way with odd jobs and sleeping wherever he could find space. Stopped at a courthouse along the way, and legally changed his name from Zimmerman to Dylan. (When asked later if his name was spelled like Dylan Thomas, he answered "No, like Bob Dylan.")
- Awarded an honorary degree at the University of St. Andrews (Scotland). [June 2004]
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