It's incredibly irresponsible to allow victims' family members to witness executions. — Steve Earle Execution Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan emerged from nowhere, like an alien. And that was just the start. — Steve Earle Aliens Copy Share Image
If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure. — Steve Earle Leisure Copy Share Image
Or you can be like the Soviet Union, start out with ideals, and end up ceasing to exist. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I've never known of Wal-Mart to be a good neighbor in any town it's ever moved into. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I wasn't raised to not write about issues, and I'm just living in really politically charged times. You know, I'd rather write… — Steve Earle Girl Copy Share Image
I'm a very disciplined person when it comes to my work, but discipline can't save m from being a drug addict. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
My audience doesn't agree with me on everything, but I love my audience, because they're totally okay with us having a dialogue. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I don't spend a lot of time feeling sorry for myself, trying to compare how many records I've sold or how much… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
“[T]he death penalty dehumanizes everyone on both sides of the equation. It dimishes everyone it touches. It is something we just shouldn't… — Steve Earle Death Copy Share Image
I do not believe Tony Blair was a fundamentally good man who went bad. I believe he was evil in the first… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I feel like I owe my audience something. They feed my kids. And I really like my job, a lot. — Steve Earle Audience Copy Share Image
I love 'Harry Potter.' I love those books. That started because I lived with a woman who had kids who were, like,… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm not as big a star as Bruce Springsteen because I'm not as good. I don't know. It doesn't matter. I… — Steve Earle Audience Copy Share Image
I was comparatively late in understanding Bob Dylan's overwhelming importance as a songwriter. Everybody who does my job exists in the shadow… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
The drama teacher that I had in high school, back in Texas, was the only teacher who didn't kick me out of… — Steve Earle Albums Copy Share Image
“Their life together was filled with bright mornings and starlit nights that consistently outshone the darker times between. Even those hard days… — Steve Earle Hard days Copy Share Image
I love e-books. I can carry the complete works of William Shakespeare around with me all the time. Just think about that.… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
My gift's primarily literary. That being said, I ended up a musician. By the time I made the bluegrass record...I'm more impressed… — Steve Earle Bluegrass Copy Share Image
Greg Trooper writes great songs, including one of my very favorite songs in the world, Little Sister. On top of all that,… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I'm a country singer, and I'm comfortable with that. But why does a country singer have to play only on country radio… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I just had a child on purpose at age 56, I'm pretty f---ing optimistic. — Steve Earle Age Copy Share Image
My dad was in a wheelchair and on oxygen for the last few years of his life. — Steve Earle Dad Copy Share Image
I'm used to writing stories with a beginning a middle and an end in four minutes. — Steve Earle Beginning Copy Share Image
Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I have no doubt in mind that I justify the space I take up in the world. — Steve Earle Doubt Copy Share Image
Woody Guthrie was what folks who don't believe in anything would call an anomaly. — Steve Earle Anomalies Copy Share Image
I wish I was as sure about things as Bill Monroe was sure about things. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I'm not a racist, but I do have to work at not being a racist, because of where I grew up. — Steve Earle Racism Copy Share Image
I have a theory that the people who cook in jails are British chefs. — Steve Earle British Copy Share Image
Politics and music don't necessarily go hand in hand. They just do for me... — Steve Earle Funny Copy Share Image
I'm one of the few people that I know that sings better than they did 20 years ago. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
Making art in America is sort of a political statement in and of itself. It's not the best environment for that sometimes. — Steve Earle America Copy Share Image
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