Steve Earle Quotes

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.�
Steve Earle

To me, this is about sticking to my guns and keeping my word to the artists involved.�
Steve Earle 

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


I make an embarrassing amount of money for a borderline Marxist, just by selling 100,000 records. I don't sell millions of records, and I don't need to.�
Steve Earle 

I'm not trying to get myself deported or something. In a big way this is the most pro-American record I've ever made. pushing the edge of the envelope to attract attention, but it's the wrong subject at the wrong time. He's been going nowhere fast for a long time, and while this may draw fleeting attention, it won't save his faltering career.�
Steve Earle 

But it's the first time I've ever been married sober,�
Steve Earle 

The play's about forgiveness,�
Steve Earle 

I think we all care just as much about our coal miners as we do our deer and turkey.�
Steve Earle