American - Musician | January 17, 1955 -
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
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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.
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Having a child at 55... that's optimism.
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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.
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I don't usually read reviews.
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Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited.
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I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.
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If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure.
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Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.
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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.
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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.
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I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.
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