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'm a country singer, and I'm comfortable with that. But why does a country singer have to play only on country radio or a rock singer only on a rock station? I still don't understand why it's that big a deal.
We're Americans. I don't consider us to be evil, I just don't think we know any better. We're a really young culture. We're hillbillies, and the rest of the world sees us that way. I travel all over the world, and probably the only worse rednecks than us are the Australians. And they're an even younger country.
What songwriting does better than almost anything is empathy - it's incredibly empathetic. The reason people sat around in bars when they were bummed out and listened to country songs is because it made them feel better in the long run.
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.
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.
I don't care what's happening in the mainstream of country music. I haven't in a long time.
pushing the edge of the envelope to attract attention, but it's the wrong subject at the wrong time. He's been going nowhere fast for a long time, and while this may draw fleeting attention, it won't save his faltering career.
Even though I talk about them every day, I was still incredibly nervous and shaken. It was a stressful situation.
At that point one of the nurses and I reached for the button at the same time and delivered one shock.
From my side, we'll have the best field ever. The response has been tremendous. When the event was troubled, then continued with closer ties to the Navy, it seemed to increase everyone's desire to be here. This is the strongest entry list ever for Coronado.
But it's the first time I've ever been married sober,
If they're as committed to mine safety as they say they are, then they need to incorporate these things into their bill. These are things that shouldn't be argued over.
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,