--- title: "8 Bob Quotes By Steve Earle" description: "8 Bob quotes by Steve Earle. Plus more from Steve Earle and more Bob sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/steve-earle-2893_albums_the-drama-teacher-that-i-had-in-high-sch_519506.png" --- > [The drama teacher that I had in high school, back in Texas, was the only teacher who didn't kick me out of…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/steve-earle-2893_albums_the-drama-teacher-that-i-had-in-high-sch_519506.png) > [Gregory Corso used to get really pissed when people called Bob Dylan a 'poet.' After writing poetry for a few years, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/gregory-corso-used-to-get-really-pissed-when-people-called-bob-dylan/) [Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01c/steve-earle-2893_bob_gregory-corso-used-to-get-really-pissed_520057.png) > [ From the moment \[Bob\] Dylan arrived as a songwriter, he was \[so\] much better than everybody else around. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/from-the-moment-bob-dylan-arrived-as-a-songwriter-he-was-so-much/) [Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2a/steve-earle-2893_bob_from-the-moment-bob-dylan-arrived-as-a-s_778480.png) > [Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/townes-van-zandt-is-the-best-songwriter-in-the-whole-world-and-i-ll/) [Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/steve-earle-2893_bob_townes-van-zandt-is-the-best-songwriter_981417.png) > [Bob Dylan emerged from nowhere, like an alien. And that was just the start.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/bob-dylan-emerged-from-nowhere-like-an-alien-and-that-was-just-the/) [Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/steve-earle-2893_aliens_bob-dylan-emerged-from-nowhere-like-an-a_1087889.png) > [I was comparatively late in understanding Bob Dylan's overwhelming importance as a songwriter. Everybody who does my job exists in the shadow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/i-was-comparatively-late-in-understanding-bob-dylan-s-overwhelming/) [Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/steve-earle-2893_bob_i-was-comparatively-late-in-understandin_1807697.jpg) > [In New York, I'm around a lot of the reasons I started playing music in the first place. I live right behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/in-new-york-i-m-around-a-lot-of-the-reasons-i-started-playing-music/) [Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f7/steve-earle-2893_album_in-new-york-i-m-around-a-lot-of-the-reas_2134626.png) > [Bob Dylan is one of the very few people in the history of popular music who you can unquestionably apply that word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/bob-dylan-is-one-of-the-very-few-people-in-the-history-of-popular/) [Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/steve-earle-2893_bob_bob-dylan-is-one-of-the-very-few-people_2705627.png) ## Other authors on Bob ## 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/bob/steve-earle/#itemlist", "name": "8 Bob Quotes By Steve Earle", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. He turned me on to 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.' 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