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
Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion too.
Every country that's ever been the most powerful country in the world ceases to be the most powerful country in the world at some point.
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.
I have no doubt in mind that I justify the space I take up in the world.
I do not believe Tony Blair was a fundamentally good man who went bad. I believe he was evil in the first place.
I was comparatively late in understanding Bob Dylan's overwhelming importance as a songwriter. Everybody who does my job exists in the shadow of Bob Dylan. There are two categories: Dylan and everybody else. It's as simple as that. And it's going to be that way until he dies.
Maybe I'm not as big a star as Bruce Springsteen because I'm not as good. I don't know. It doesn't matter. I still have an audience of a certain size. I think it's one of the things I'm luckiest.
If I can get Me out of the way, I can do anything.
Bob Dylan emerged from nowhere, like an alien. And that was just the start.
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.
People hate good books to be over. I wish I could write a 700-page book.
I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.
From the moment [Bob] Dylan arrived as a songwriter, he was [so] much better than everybody else around.
You can go out and find ways to make your own record and get it out there now. If you really want to, you can be heard. Keep things simple. Learn to go out and play solo. That's a really really good thing to learn, if you're a singer-songwriter. Don't be dependent on a band because you may not always be able to afford one.