The following quote from Jewel might offer insight as to why Dylan and Joni never hooked up...
"Obviously Bob Dylan is gay if he's not interested in me. I mean, look at me! Who would have guessed that Dylan is a fag?" Jewel, telling the audience during a concert in Newark, N.J., about a dream she had in which Bob Dylan appeared but did not flirt with her (New York Post, Nov. 16) Bill