I love theater. I go all the time. It's one of the reasons I moved to New York. But I understand that… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
Every leap forward that I make is by reaching back and firmly getting a footing in the past, and pushing forward as… — 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 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
Gregory Corso used to get really pissed when people called Bob Dylan a 'poet.' After writing poetry for a few years, I… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I am connected to the past in a way that keeps me going forward. Every leap forward that I make is by… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I'm not going to waste a second feeling sorry for myself because I'm not a bigger star than I am. I can… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I can deal with conservatives in a democracy. With real conservatives, I don't agree with them, but I understand why they believe… — Steve Earle 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
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… — Steve Earle Copy Share
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. — Steve Earle Copy Share
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… — Steve Earle Copy Share
You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy. — Steve Earle Copy Share
Back then, the business depended on bohemians. ... They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller ..It was the tail end of something...the last Tin Pan… — Steve Earle Copy Share
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… — Steve Earle Copy Share
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… — Steve Earle Copy Share
Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited. — Steve Earle Copy Share
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… — Steve Earle Copy Share
My spiritual system is 12-step programs. That's the only one I've ever had. I didn't have one before that. — Steve Earle Copy Share
“As he left room 817, Nguyen turned for one final look before he allowed the soldiers to enter and remove the body. Nguyen thought… — Steve Earle Copy Share
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.… — Steve Earle Copy Share
