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> [My spiritual system is 12-step programs. That's the only one I've ever had. I didn't have one before that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/my-spiritual-system-is-12-step-programs-that-s-the-only-one-i-ve-ever/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

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## More by Steve Earle

> [When you're really bummed out, the last thing you want to hear is up-tempo and positive. And it lets you know that you're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/when-you-re-really-bummed-out-the-last-thing-you-want-to-hear-is-up/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

> [America's criminal justice system isn't known for rehabilitation. I'm not sure that, as a society, we are even interested in that concept anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/america-s-criminal-justice-system-isn-t-known-for-rehabilitation-i-m/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

> [I love theater. I go all the time. It's one of the reasons I moved to New York. But I understand that I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/i-love-theater-i-go-all-the-time-it-s-one-of-the-reasons-i-moved-to/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

> [You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/you-know-i-m-not-comfortable-with-people-whose-politics-are-static-in/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

> [I had everything I need to get me killed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/i-had-everything-i-need-to-get-me-killed/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

> [Back then, the business depended on bohemians. ... They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller ..It was the tail end of something...the last Tin Pan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/back-then-the-business-depended-on-bohemians-they-needed/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

> [I think the singer/songwriter genre is going to be like bluegrass and jazz. You can make a living at it, but it's not part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/i-think-the-singer-songwriter-genre-is-going-to-be-like-bluegrass-and/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

> [I've been a serial husband, and I've done it badly every time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/i-ve-been-a-serial-husband-and-i-ve-done-it-badly-every-time/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

> [Every day on Earth is another chance to get it right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/every-day-on-earth-is-another-chance-to-get-it-right/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

> [The singer-songwriter has always played music that was stylistically rooted in the '30s and the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. But the fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/the-singer-songwriter-has-always-played-music-that-was-stylistically/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

> [Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/sonnets-are-guys-writing-in-english-imitating-an-italian-song-form-it/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

> [When I write something simple I'm always really proud of it. When you write something that simple with that much air in it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/when-i-write-something-simple-i-m-always-really-proud-of-it-when-you/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

> [My spiritual system is 12-step programs. That's the only one I've ever had. I didn't have one before that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/my-spiritual-system-is-12-step-programs-that-s-the-only-one-i-ve-ever/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

> [“As he left room 817, Nguyen turned for one final look before he allowed the soldiers to enter and remove the body. Nguyen thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/as-he-left-room-817-nguyen-turned-for-one-final-look-before-he/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

> [The drama teacher that I had in high school, back in Texas, was the only teacher who didn't kick me out of his class.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/the-drama-teacher-that-i-had-in-high-school-back-in-texas-was-the/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

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