“Someday I'm finally gonna let go 'cause I know there's a better way, and I wanna know what's over that rainbow...I'm gonna… — Steve Earle Better way Copy Share Image
You can listen to carpenters talk for hours in Ireland. The people have a relationship to words that I don't think you… — Steve Earle Communication Copy Share Image
I'm a country singer, and I'm comfortable with that. But why does a country singer have to play only on country radio… — Steve Earle Big Copy Share Image
I just had a child on purpose at age 56, I'm pretty f---ing optimistic. — Steve Earle Age Copy Share Image
To me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-on-one relationship. — Steve Earle Agreement Copy Share Image
San Antonio is like a military town. It's like literally - when I was growing up there, there were five Air Force… — Steve Earle Air 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
I really believe that if I make records that are indispensable to my audience, they'll go out and spend money to buy… — Steve Earle Able Copy Share Image
You know I ain't never prayed before 'Cause it always seemed to me That prayin's the same as beggin' Lord, I don't… — Steve Earle Causes 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
“[T]he death penalty dehumanizes everyone on both sides of the equation. It dimishes everyone it touches. It is something we just shouldn't… — Steve Earle Death Copy Share Image
I have a low tolerance for mediocrity in music and life. I'm into pain and joy and the in-between doesn't interest me. — Steve Earle Interest Copy Share Image
It amazes me that the most Christian funerals are the most barbaric funeral rites of passage that are celebrated anywhere in the… — Steve Earle Amazes Copy Share Image
I don't spend a lot of time feeling sorry for myself, trying to compare how many records I've sold or how much… — Steve Earle Compare 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
In New York, I'm around a lot of the reasons I started playing music in the first place. I live right behind… — Steve Earle Album Copy Share Image
You make decisions, and that's what separates art from some other pop music. It doesn't mean that you can't make an embarrassing… — Steve Earle 80s 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 Bigger Copy Share Image
Like most kids, I grew up singing 'This Land Is Your Land' in grammar school, but with the most radical verses neatly… — Steve Earle Grammar Copy Share Image
I'm a very disciplined person when it comes to my work, but discipline can't save m from being a drug addict. — Steve Earle Addict Copy Share Image
Every country that's ever been the most powerful country in the world ceases to be the most powerful country in the world… — Steve Earle Country 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
Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it. — Steve Earle Hardest Copy Share Image
Politics has always been in my music. Anybody who doesn't understand how political "Copperhead Road" is isn't listening very well. — Steve Earle Listening Copy Share Image
