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
Making art in America is sort of a political statement in and of itself. It's not the best environment for that sometimes.
To me, this is about sticking to my guns and keeping my word to the artists involved.
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.
You make decisions, and that's what separates art from some other pop music. It doesn't mean that you can't make an embarrassing amount of money, for a borderline Marxist, doing something that you love, but it does mean that this huge pool of money that was out there when I started making records in the '80s is gone.
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 think we all care just as much about our coal miners as we do our deer and turkey.
I think the singer/songwriter genre is going to be like bluegrass and jazz. You can make a living at it, but it's not part of the musical mainstream anymore.
I think we have passed a meaningful piece of legislation here today that's certainly going to enhance mine safety. We think that the additional inspections will certainly improve mine safety.
It was kind of crazy luck that it was me with the device and two nurses that were three of the first four on the scene.
I've had more people come up and thank me and say they never thought they'd see these cars again,
That money was put in that fund for miners who are suffering and dying from black lung, and that's what the intent was and that's what it should be used for.
At that point one of the nurses and I reached for the button at the same time and delivered one shock.
Before, I recorded in specific blocks of time. That's changed. Now everything revolves around making music for me. And it feels good.
Even though I talk about them every day, I was still incredibly nervous and shaken. It was a stressful situation.