Steve EarleFunerals are a pagan rite. There's not any doubt about it.372Politics
Steve EarleAll 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.361Philosophy
Steve EarleGreg Trooper writes great songs, including one of my very favorite songs in the world, Little Sister. On top of all that, there's his voice - an instrument I have coveted for 15 y… ▶375Hope
Steve EarleGregory Corso used to get really pissed when people called Bob Dylan a 'poet.' After writing poetry for a few years, I can understand that.375Humanity
Steve EarleThe revolution starts now. ✨ Song: The Revolution Starts Now365Politics
Steve EarleI think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect.333LoveThought
Steve EarlePart of it is, I think, just to let people know you've got a record out there and that you're still alive requires more work than it used to, because the traditional radio, bug ch… ▶355HumanityLifeThought
Steve EarleThe 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 … ▶333HumanityReflectionThought
Steve EarleThere's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City.311HumanityLife
Steve EarleI've been a serial husband, and I've done it badly every time.366Time
Steve EarleSonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited.378Truth
Steve EarleSympathetic characters usually have a voice. They usually don't have any trouble being heard.291Truth
Steve EarleTo me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-on-one relationship.357Humanity
Steve EarleActually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.302Hope
Steve EarleLike 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.293Hope
Steve EarleI've been on every interstate highway in the lower forty-eight states by now and I never get tired of the view. ✨ Steve Earle, Our Woody Guthrie, Takes Our Pulse On Low High… ▶348Politics
Steve EarleI don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself. ✨ Readers recommend: songs about obstacles by Peter Kimpton, www.theguardian.com. September… ▶3610ReadingThought
Steve EarleAmerica's criminal justice system isn't known for rehabilitation. I'm not sure that, as a society, we are even interested in that concept anymore. ✨ Death in Texas by Steve … ▶316DeathHumanity
Steve EarleTownes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that. ✨ Q&A: Earle takes songwriting br… ▶3510Life
Steve EarleI'm used to writing stories with a beginning a middle and an end in four minutes.339Philosophy
Steve EarleI still write more songs about girls than anything else.328Life
Steve EarleFundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion, too. ✨ 'John Walker's Blues' meets the boos. www.cnn.com. July 23, 20… ▶339Thought
Steve EarleThe stupidest thing that a writer can do is write a memoir I think, unless it's right before you die -- maybe.3310DeathThought
Steve EarleThe singer-songwriter has always played music that was stylistically rooted in the '30s and the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. But the fact of the matter is that none of us r… ▶285Truth
Steve EarleI do not believe Tony Blair was a fundamentally good man who went bad. I believe he was evil in the first place.275Death
Steve EarleI'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. 3210HumanityLife
Steve EarleEvery country that's ever been the most powerful country in the world ceases to be the most powerful country in the world at some point. ✨ Interview with Noel Murray, www.av… ▶297Politics
Steve EarleI had everything I need to get me killed. ✨ Song: South Nashville Blues, Album: I Feel Alright, 1996255Sadness
Steve EarleI 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.278Reading
Steve EarleYou can go out and find ways to make your own record and get it out there now. If you really want to, you can be heard. Keep things simple. Learn to go out and play solo. That's a… ▶278Thought
