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
I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.
I don't usually read reviews.
He's the real deal. Eric Taylor was one of my heroes and teachers when I started playing around Houston in the early 1970s.
I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.
Having a child at 55... that's optimism.
I mainly read non-fiction, and that's probably because I have a huge amount of insecurity about my lack of education and the things I don't know.
Woody Guthrie was what folks who don't believe in anything would call an anomaly.
I have a theory that the people who cook in jails are British chefs.
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.
I'm constantly warning people that are involved in my life that I can go busk and make a living. I can make my rent in New York City in the subway, I promise, if I'm forced to.
Like most kids, I grew up singing 'This Land Is Your Land' in grammar school, but with the most radical verses neatly removed. This was before I knew it was a Woody Guthrie song.
My son was diagnosed with autism. He's OK, he makes eye contact, but he doesn't talk. He needs eight hours a day of very intensive school, and you wouldn't even believe me if I told you how much it costs.
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.
There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City.