Author: Steve Earle

Quotes

Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion too.

Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion too.

- Steve Earle

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.

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

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

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

- Steve Earle

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.

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.

- Steve Earle

America'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.

America'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.

- Steve Earle

My politics were really radical when I was younger, and then I moderated like everyone else does when they start having kids.

My politics were really radical when I was younger, and then I moderated like everyone else does when they start having kids.

- Steve Earle

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.

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

Making art in America is sort of a political statement in and of itself. It's not the best environment for that sometimes.

Making art in America is sort of a political statement in and of itself. It's not the best environment for that sometimes.

- Steve Earle

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