“When the celestial mood grips Prine the sky is thick with black angels, Jesus covers the waterfront, and God’s not in his heav­en — he’s on the phone and won’t let well enough alone.”

"Dylan’s survived, grown up. He’s a giant, like Chaplin or Picasso. Like Brando or Muhammed Ali . . . Nobody else even comes close — Jagger, Springsteen, Paul Simon."