I don't believe that songwriting has to be profound, but I truly believe that it's a crime for you to go outta… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I'm constantly warning people that are involved in my life that I can go busk and make a living. I can make… — Steve Earle Cities Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan is one of the very few people in the history of popular music who you can unquestionably apply that word… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I have a low tolerance for mediocrity in music and life. I'm into pain and joy and the in-between doesn't interest me. — Steve Earle Interest Copy Share Image
You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I'm not a Democrat; I'm something well to the left of a Democrat, but I'm just realistic about the system. — Steve Earle Democrat Copy Share Image
You know I ain't never prayed before 'Cause it always seemed to me That prayin's the same as beggin' Lord, I don't… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
Every country that's ever been the most powerful country in the world ceases to be the most powerful country in the world… — Steve Earle Country Copy Share Image
My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government… — Steve Earle Death Copy Share Image
The human race survived the Inquisition. We can survive. It's like the Anne Frank quote: 'In spite of everything, I still believe… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
“...introduced Doc to the miracle of morphine. From that very first shot it was as if he'd discovered the one vital ingredient… — Steve Earle Addiction Copy Share Image
“Assail me not with noble policy, for I care not at all for platitude. And surrender such tedious detail to greater minds… — Steve Earle Psychology Copy Share Image
The idea that murder victims' families are best served by continuing the cycle of violence is something that I consider to be… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
Back then, the business depended on bohemians. ... They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller ..It was the tail end of something...the last… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
Part of it is, I think, just to let people know you've got a record out there and that you're still alive… — Steve Earle Alive Copy Share Image
We're so terrified of death in Western culture that we have to make up a myth of an afterlife. I think there's… — Steve Earle Afterlife Copy Share Image
I mainly read non-fiction, and that's probably because I have a huge amount of insecurity about my lack of education and the… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
At home, I'm lucky if I can write three or four hours before the phone starts ringing and the kids want to… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
What saves me from being a drug addict is sort of the opposite. It's me realizing that I don't really control anything. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I'm from Texas. I hitchhiked to Tennessee when I was 19 years old, and it is really beautiful in Tennessee. — Steve Earle Beautiful Copy Share Image
I think the singer/songwriter genre is going to be like bluegrass and jazz. You can make a living at it, but it's… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I'm trying to make records where people don't feel cheated. Nashville has been guilty of insulting the Country Music audience for years… — Steve Earle Audience Copy Share Image
As much as I'd like to think and as much as people mistakenly think my audience is blue collar people in the… — Steve Earle America Copy Share Image
I really believe that if I make records that are indispensable to my audience, they'll go out and spend money to buy… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
My therapist says that I choose women that I couldn't possibly succeed in a relationship with because I really want to be… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
Records are only one-dimensional. Even film is only one-dimensional. That's why music and live theatre is so important, because it's not the… — Steve Earle Film Copy Share Image
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