--- title: "3 Basically Quotes By Steve Earle" description: "3 Basically quotes by Steve Earle. Plus more from Steve Earle and more Basically sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/steve-earle-2893_anne_the-human-race-survived-the-inquisition_1031405.jpg" --- > [The human race survived the Inquisition. We can survive. It's like the Anne Frank quote: 'In spite of everything, I still believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/the-human-race-survived-the-inquisition-we-can-survive-it-s-like-the/) [Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/steve-earle-2893_anne_the-human-race-survived-the-inquisition_1031405.jpg) > [As much as I'd like to think and as much as people mistakenly think my audience is blue collar people in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/as-much-as-i-d-like-to-think-and-as-much-as-people-mistakenly-think/) [Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/steve-earle-2893_america_as-much-as-i-d-like-to-think-and-as-much_2526030.jpg) > [I love e-books. I can carry the complete works of William Shakespeare around with me all the time. Just think about that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/i-love-e-books-i-can-carry-the-complete-works-of-william-shakespeare/) [Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/steve-earle-2893_able_i-love-e-books-i-can-carry-the-complete_3133005.jpg) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/basically/steve-earle/#itemlist", "name": "3 Basically Quotes By Steve Earle", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The human race survived the Inquisition. We can survive. It's like the Anne Frank quote: 'In spite of everything, I still believe that people are basically good at heart.' 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