Sympathetic characters usually have a voice. They usually don't have any trouble being heard. Steve Earle More Quotes by Steve Earle More Quotes From Steve Earle I was born on this mountain, this mountains my home, she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe. Steve Earle mountainhomeworry The stupidest thing that a writer can do is write a memoir I think, unless it's right before you die -- maybe. Steve Earle stupidestwritingthinking I just had a child on purpose at age 56, I'm pretty f---ing optimistic. Steve Earle optimisticagechildren I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect. Steve Earle criticismheartthinking Having a child at 55... that's optimism. Steve Earle optimismchildren Politics and music don't necessarily go hand in hand. They just do for me. Steve Earle hand-in-handhands Woody Guthrie was what folks who don't believe in anything would call an anomaly. Steve Earle woodyanomaliesbelieve New Orleans is a unique environment. Steve Earle environmentnew-orleansunique Funerals are a pagan rite. There's not any doubt about it. Steve Earle paganfuneraldoubt I ain't ever satisfied. Steve Earle satisfied My gift's primarily literary. That being said, I ended up a musician. By the time I made the bluegrass record...I'm more impressed with myself when I push the envelope musically than I am when I push it literality. Steve Earle envelopesrecordsmusician If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure. Steve Earle workaholicleisureifs At home, I'm lucky if I can write three or four hours before the phone starts ringing and the kids want to go to soccer. Steve Earle homewritingsoccer Bob Dylan emerged from nowhere, like an alien. And that was just the start. Steve Earle dylanbobaliens My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody. Steve Earle democracygovernmentideas I can deal with conservatives in a democracy. With real conservatives, I don't agree with them, but I understand why they believe what they believe and I believe they're being honest with me about it. Steve Earle democracyrealbelieve I'm not a Democrat; I'm something well to the left of a Democrat, but I'm just realistic about the system. Steve Earle democratrealisticwells Or you can be like the Soviet Union, start out with ideals, and end up ceasing to exist. Steve Earle soviet-unionunionsends I'm trying to make records where people don't feel cheated. Nashville has been guilty of insulting the Country Music audience for years and years. Steve Earle nashvillecountryyears He's the real deal. Eric Taylor was one of my heroes and teachers when I started playing around Houston in the early 1970s. Steve Earle realheroteacher
