You can listen to carpenters talk for hours in Ireland. The people have a relationship to words that I don’t think you will run into anyplace in the world. Steve Earle Read Quote
My son was diagnosed with autism. He’s OK, he makes eye contact, but he doesn’t talk. He needs eight hours a day of very intensive school, and you wouldn’t even believe me if I told you how much it costs. Steve Earle Read Quote
I mainly read non-fiction, and that’s probably because I have a huge amount of insecurity about my lack of education and the things I don’t know. Steve Earle Read Quote
The human race survived the Inquisition. We can survive. It’s like the Anne Frank quote: ‘In spite of everything, I still believe that people are basically good at heart.’ Given what happened to her, it’s one of the miracles of the world that she said that. Steve Earle Read Quote
I’ve been on every interstate highway in the lower forty-eight states by now, and I never get tired of the view. Steve Earle Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. He turned me on to ‘The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.’ I had picked up Dylan with ‘Bringing It All Back Home,’ and he turned me on to the first couple of albums, which I hadn’t heard. Steve Earle Read Quote
I am connected to the past in a way that keeps me going forward. Every leap forward that I make is by reaching back and firmly getting a footing in the past, and pushing forward as hard as I can. Steve Earle Read Quote
