" Nashville legend Holly Gleason knew the man and assembled this brilliant collection with a knowing eye and loving heart." — , author of and other books John Prine hated giving interviews, but he said much when he talked. Embarrassed by fame, delighted by the smallest things, the first songwriter to read at the Library of Congress, and winner of the Pen Award for Literary Excellence, Prine saw the world unlike anyone else.   The songs from 1971’s remain spot-on takes of the human condition today, and his writing only got richer, funnier, and more incisive. The interviews in trace his career evolution, his singular mind, his enduring awareness of social issues, and his acute love of life, from Studs Terkel’s radio interviews from the early ’70s to Mike Leonard’s packages from the ’80s, Cameron Crowe's early encounter to Ronni Lundy's cookbook, and magazine to ’s cover story, through today.