Bob Dylan Attempts to Describe Willie Nelson: "How Would You Define the Indefinable?"

"How can you make sense of him? How would you define the indefinable or the unfathomable? What is there to say? Ancient Viking Soul? Master Builder of the Impossible? Patron poet of people who never quite fit in and don't much care to? Moonshine Philosopher? Tumbleweed singer with a PhD? Red Bandana troubadour, braids like twin ropes lassoing eternity? What do you say about a guy who plays an old, battered guitar that he treats like it's the last loyal dog in the universe?"

"Cowboy apparition, writes songs with holes that you can crawl through to escape from something. Voice like a warm porchlight left on for wanderers who kissed goodbye too soon or stayed too long. I guess you can say all that. But it really doesn't tell you a lot or explain anything about Willie. Personally speaking I've always known him to be kind, generous, tolerant and understanding of human feebleness, a benefactor, a father and a friend."

Willie Nelson is called an 'Ancient Viking Soul,' 'Master Builder of the Impossible,' 'Patron poet' of misfits, 'Moonshine Philosopher,' 'Tumbleweed singer with a PhD' and 'Red Bandana troubadour' with braids like twin ropes. He plays an old, battered guitar treated like the last loyal dog and sings like a cowboy apparition whose songs contain holes to crawl through. His voice is likened to a warm porchlight for wandering souls. He is characterized as kind, generous, tolerant, understanding of human feebleness, a benefactor, father, and friend, high and low, and in harmony with nature.

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