Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has accepted an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College Of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He expressed gratitude over the award and also thanked the musicians from Berklee who had taught him.

The award is significant since it is the first such honour Dylan has received from a US college or university in over five decades, since 1970, as reported by Rolling Stone. Dylan, in a statement, said, "Thank you, Berklee College of Music, for bestowing on me this prestigious honour. What a pleasant surprise. Who knows what path my career might have taken if I’d been fortunate enough to learn from some of the great musicians who taught at Berklee. It’s something to think about."

Berklee stated that it was a recognition of Dylan's "extraordinary influence on modern m

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