My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
“[T]he death penalty dehumanizes everyone on both sides of the equation. It dimishes everyone it touches. It is something we just shouldn't do.” — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy. — 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 Tin Pan… — Steve Earle 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 not part… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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