Steve Earle Quotes

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 With Myself When I Push The Envelope Musically Than I Am When I Push It Literality.

My Politics Were Really Radical When I Was Younger, And Then I Moderated Like Everyone Else Does When They Start Having Kids.

I Think The Music Business Is Changing. Artists That Don't Want To Tour And Just Want To Collect Royalty Checks And Stay Home Are Not Going To Be Able To Do That.

I'm From Texas. I Hitchhiked To Tennessee When I Was 19 Years Old, And It Is Really Beautiful In Tennessee.

I Can Deal With Conservatives In A Democracy. With Real Conservatives, I Don't Agree With Them, But I Understand Why They Believe What They Believe And I Believe They're Being Honest With Me About It.

I'm Not A Democrat; I'm Something Well To The Left Of A Democrat, But I'm Just Realistic About The System.

When You're Really Bummed Out, The Last Thing You Want To Hear Is Up-tempo And Positive. And It Lets You Know That You're Not Alone, That Somebody Has Hurt Before. It Works The Same Way With Chick Songs As It Does With Political Songs. When You Hear Somebody Singing About These Things, You Know That You're Not Alone, That Somebody Else Is Suspicious Of What's Going On Around Us In The World. So You Don't Feel Like You're Crazy, And You Feel Like You Might Be Able To Make A Difference.

What Songwriting Does Better Than Almost Anything Is Empathy - It's Incredibly Empathetic. The Reason People Sat Around In Bars When They Were Bummed Out And Listened To Country Songs Is Because It Made Them Feel Better In The Long Run.

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 Songs About Girls, But It's Just Hard To Do Right Now.

Poetry Is The Hardest Thing That There Is. It Fascinates Me, So I Want To Write More Of It.

You Know, I'm Not Comfortable With People Whose Politics Are Static In A Democracy.

I Love Theater. I Go All The Time. It's One Of The Reasons I Moved To New York. But I Understand That I Have Limited Range As An Actor. I Can Only Play People Who Talk Like Me.