From the moment [Bob] Dylan arrived as a songwriter, he was [so] much better than everybody else around. — Steve Earle Bob Copy Share Image
My son was diagnosed with autism. He's OK, he makes eye contact, but he doesn't talk. He needs eight hours a day… — Steve Earle Autism Copy Share Image
Critics are notoriously liberal with their use of the term 'genius'. — Steve Earle Critics Copy Share Image
I feel like I owe my audience something. They feed my kids. And I really like my job, a lot. — Steve Earle Audience Copy Share Image
Or you can be like the Soviet Union, start out with ideals, and end up ceasing to exist. — Steve Earle Ends Copy Share Image
My therapist says that I choose women that I couldn't possibly succeed in a relationship with because I really want to be… — Steve Earle Complicated Copy Share Image
He's the real deal. Eric Taylor was one of my heroes and teachers when I started playing around Houston in the early… — Steve Earle Deals Copy Share Image
I'm used to writing stories with a beginning a middle and an end in four minutes. — Steve Earle Beginning Copy Share Image
Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy… — Steve Earle Bob 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 Am Copy Share Image
I think the music business is changing. Artists that don't want to tour and just want to collect royalty checks and stay… — Steve Earle Able Copy Share Image
I wasn't raised to not write about issues, and I'm just living in really politically charged times. You know, I'd rather write… — Steve Earle Girl Copy Share Image
The human race survived the Inquisition. We can survive. It's like the Anne Frank quote: 'In spite of everything, I still believe… — Steve Earle Anne Copy Share Image
I'm not a Democrat; I'm something well to the left of a Democrat, but I'm just realistic about the system. — Steve Earle Democrat Copy Share Image
We're so terrified of death in Western culture that we have to make up a myth of an afterlife. I think there's… — Steve Earle Afterlife Copy Share Image
I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself. — Steve Earle Adversity Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan emerged from nowhere, like an alien. And that was just the start. — Steve Earle Aliens Copy Share Image
Part of it is, I think, just to let people know you've got a record out there and that you're still alive… — Steve Earle Alive Copy Share Image
People can try to make me into anything they want, but I think they're really throwing around language but saying the same… — Steve Earle Language Copy Share Image
The stupidest thing that a writer can do is write a memoir I think, unless it's right before you die -- maybe. — Steve Earle Can do Copy Share Image