Sympathetic characters usually have a voice. They usually don’t have any trouble being heard. Steve Earle Read Quote
Gregory Corso used to get really pissed when people called Bob Dylan a ‘poet.’ After writing poetry for a few years, I can understand that. Steve Earle Read Quote
If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I’m it, and that’s what passes for leisure. Steve Earle Read Quote
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 of the musical mainstream anymore. Steve Earle Read Quote
I’m constantly warning people that are involved in my life that I can go busk and make a living. I can make my rent in New York City in the subway, I promise, if I’m forced to. Steve Earle Read Quote
The idea that murder victims’ families are best served by continuing the cycle of violence is something that I consider to be not only a lie, but criminally negligent. You lie to victims’ families when you tell them they’re going to receive closure if they participate in the process and witness the execution of a human being. Steve Earle Read Quote
All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It’s part of learning the craft. Steve Earle Read Quote
Like most kids, I grew up singing ‘This Land Is Your Land’ in grammar school, but with the most radical verses neatly removed. This was before I knew it was a Woody Guthrie song. Steve Earle Read Quote
As much as I’d like to think and as much as people mistakenly think my audience is blue collar people in the heart of America, my audience is basically, in the States, an NPR audience. I play college towns in the summer because that’s who comes to see me. Steve Earle Read Quote
I love baseball. I’ll probably end up one of those old farts who go to spring training in Florida every year and drive from game to game all day. Steve Earle Read Quote
