Critics are notoriously liberal with their use of the term 'genius'. — Steve Earle Critics Copy Share Image
People hate good books to be over. I wish I could write a 700-page book. — Steve Earle Book Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan emerged from nowhere, like an alien. And that was just the start. — Steve Earle Aliens Copy Share Image
It's incredibly irresponsible to allow victims' family members to witness executions. — Steve Earle Execution Copy Share Image
I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself. — Steve Earle Adversity Copy Share Image
I don't separate writing songs from poetry and short fiction. In the area where I work in my house, there's a word… — Steve Earle Areas Copy Share Image
Songwriters are expanding time rather than compressing time. My short stories tend to be old fashioned, with a beginning, middle and end. — Steve Earle Beginning middle and end Copy Share Image
The creative core of New York has never been native New Yorkers; it's people from all over the world. — Steve Earle Core Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric. — Steve Earle Fabric Copy Share Image
What's important is you wake up in the morning and something doesn't exist, and when you finish you day's work something is… — Steve Earle Exist Copy Share Image
I promise you that I did not become an addict because of anything to do with the behavior of either of my… — Steve Earle Addict Copy Share Image
My main area of activism is the death penalty, and it will continue to be once this crisis is over with. — Steve Earle Activism Copy Share Image
Making art in America is sort of a political statement in and of itself. It's not the best environment for that sometimes. — Steve Earle America Copy Share Image
Greg Trooper writes great songs, including one of my very favorite songs in the world, Little Sister. On top of all that,… — Steve Earle Favorite song Copy Share Image
My gift's primarily literary. That being said, I ended up a musician. By the time I made the bluegrass record...I'm more impressed… — Steve Earle Bluegrass Copy Share Image
The drama teacher that I had in high school, back in Texas, was the only teacher who didn't kick me out of… — Steve Earle Albums Copy Share Image
“Their life together was filled with bright mornings and starlit nights that consistently outshone the darker times between. Even those hard days… — Steve Earle Hard days 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 Able Copy Share Image
I was comparatively late in understanding Bob Dylan's overwhelming importance as a songwriter. Everybody who does my job exists in the shadow… — Steve Earle Bob Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm not as big a star as Bruce Springsteen because I'm not as good. I don't know. It doesn't matter. I… — Steve Earle Audience Copy Share Image
What songwriting does better than almost anything is empathy - it's incredibly empathetic. The reason people sat around in bars when they… — Steve Earle Bars Copy Share Image
“Lonely's a temporary condition, a cloud that blocks out the sun for a spell and then makes the sunshine seem even brighter… — Steve Earle Loneliness 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… — Steve Earle Able Copy Share Image
“He had entered into every relationship in his life in good faith, reveling in the breathless flush of new love for as… — Steve Earle Consolation prize Copy Share Image
“As he left room 817, Nguyen turned for one final look before he allowed the soldiers to enter and remove the body.… — Steve Earle Dandelion seeds 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… — Steve Earle Caught up Copy Share Image
