Steve Earle
Steve Earle
Stephen Fain "Steve" Earleis an American rock, country and folk singer-songwriter, record producer, author and actor. Earle began his career as a songwriter in Nashville and released his first EP in 1982. His breakthrough album was the 1986 album Guitar Town. Since then Earle has released 15 other studio albums and received three Grammy awards. His songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Travis Tritt, Vince Gill, Patty Loveless, Shawn Colvin and Emmylou Harris. He has appeared in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth17 January 1955
CountryUnited States of America
What's important is you wake up in the morning and something doesn't exist, and when you finish you day's work something is in the world that wasn't there before.
I don't care what's happening in the mainstream of country music. I haven't in a long time.
Bob Dylan is one of the very few people in the history of popular music who you can unquestionably apply that word [genius] to.
To me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-on-one relationship.
I have a low tolerance for mediocrity in music and life. I'm into pain and joy and the in-between doesn't interest me.
Critics are notoriously liberal with their use of the term 'genius'.
Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.
I don't believe that songwriting has to be profound, but I truly believe that it's a crime for you to go outta your way for it not to be.
Before, I recorded in specific blocks of time. That's changed. Now everything revolves around making music for me. And it feels good.
Before, I recorded in specific blocks of time. That's changed. Now everything revolves around making music for me. And it feels good.
You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.
The reason music became so powerful to our generation is that it's art you can consume in your car, and we were driving around a lot.
I'm a very disciplined person when it comes to my work, but discipline can't save m from being a drug addict.
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.