Steve Earle Quotes

«My main objection to the death penalty isn`t about trying to save anybody on death row. It`s about, `If this is a democracy and the government kills someone, then I`m killing somebody.` I object to the damage that it does to my spirit. It`s really that simple.»

I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect.

I don`t really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.

Townes 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.

Me, I`m spiritually retarded, I need to be knee deep in water with a fly rod in my hands, that`s about as close to God as I get.

Before, I recorded in specific blocks of time. That`s changed. Now everything revolves around making music for me. And it feels good.

If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I`m it, and that`s what passes for leisure.

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

If I can get Me out of the way, I can do anything.

I don`t usually read reviews.

Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what`s going on in the world really bizarre.

Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited.