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Famous Steve Earle Quotes
“You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy.”
“Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.”
“It's incredibly irresponsible to allow victims' family members to witness executions.”
“I feel like I owe my audience something. They feed my kids. And I really like my job, a lot.”
“Or you can be like the Soviet Union, start out with ideals, and end up ceasing to exist.”
“I'm one of the few people that I know that sings better than they did 20 years ago.”
“I have no doubt in mind that I justify the space I take up in the world.”
“People hate good books to be over. I wish I could write a 700-page book.”
“Woody Guthrie was what folks who don't believe in anything would call an anomaly.”
“I have a theory that the people who cook in jails are British chefs.”
“I wish I was as sure about things as Bill Monroe was sure about things.”
“Critics are notoriously liberal with their use of the term 'genius'.”
“Bob Dylan emerged from nowhere, like an alien. And that was just the start.”