Critics are notoriously liberal with their use of the term 'genius'. Steve Earle More Quotes by Steve Earle More Quotes From Steve Earle You know I ain't never prayed before 'Cause it always seemed to me That prayin's the same as beggin' Lord, I don't take no charity. Steve Earle charitycausesprayer I love baseball. I'll probably end up one of those old farts who go to spring training in Florida every year and drive from game to game all day. Steve Earle floridabaseballspring Back then, the business depended on bohemians. ... They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller ..It was the tail end of something...the last Tin Pan Alley. ...and we were the night shift! They gave us keys, because they knew the best songs weren't written in daylight.... We got our keys taken away several times...me and Guy Clark. Steve Earle takenwritingsong Greg Trooper writes great songs, including one of my very favorite songs in the world, Little Sister. On top of all that, there's his voice - an instrument I have coveted for 15 years. Steve Earle writingsongyears I have no doubt in mind that I justify the space I take up in the world. Steve Earle spacedoubtmind From the moment [Bob] Dylan arrived as a songwriter, he was [so] much better than everybody else around. Steve Earle dylanbobmoments I'm a very disciplined person when it comes to my work, but discipline can't save m from being a drug addict. Steve Earle disciplinedrugpersons I've been a serial husband, and I've done it badly every time. Steve Earle serialshusbanddone I'm supposed to make people cry, but not by manipulating. Steve Earle crypeople I do not believe Tony Blair was a fundamentally good man who went bad. I believe he was evil in the first place. Steve Earle evilmenbelieve People can try to make me into anything they want, but I think they're really throwing around language but saying the same thing. Steve Earle tryingpeoplethinking I don't spend a lot of time feeling sorry for myself, trying to compare how many records I've sold or how much money I've made. Steve Earle sorryfeelingstrying I don't get in vote in whether or how people remember me when I'm gone. It's really dangerous to sit around and worry about it too much, for me. It gets me way too in myself to worry about what people are going to think about me when I'm not around anymore. Steve Earle worrypeoplethinking When I write something simple I'm always really proud of it. When you write something that simple with that much air in it and the whole premise behind it is something pretty obvious - that everybody wants to be happy and free - the song is sort of an exercise in not forgetting that's what you really want and what you really need. We can get caught up in a lot of other stuff. Steve Earle exercisewritingsong My politics were really radical when I was younger, and then I moderated like everyone else does when they start having kids. Steve Earle radicaldoekids It's incredibly irresponsible to allow victims' family members to witness executions. Steve Earle executionmembersvictim We're Americans. I don't consider us to be evil, I just don't think we know any better. We're a really young culture. We're hillbillies, and the rest of the world sees us that way. I travel all over the world, and probably the only worse rednecks than us are the Australians. And they're an even younger country. Steve Earle redneckcountrythinking I feel like I owe my audience something. They feed my kids. And I really like my job, a lot. Steve Earle feelsjobskids I think the music business is changing. Artists that don't want to tour and just want to collect royalty checks and stay home are not going to be able to do that. Steve Earle artisthomethinking My audience doesn't agree with me on everything, but I love my audience, because they're totally okay with us having a dialogue. Steve Earle agreeokaydialogue
