Steve Earle Quotes

"You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did."
- Steve Earle

"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."
- Steve Earle
(Related: Coffee, World)

"I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect."
- Steve Earle
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"Me, I'm spiritually retarded, I need to be knee deep in water with a fly rod in my hands, that's about as close to God as I get."
- Steve Earle
(Related: God, Deep, Water)

"Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited."
- Steve Earle
(Related: English, Song, Writing)

"Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre."
- Steve Earle
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"I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself."
- Steve Earle
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"I don't usually read reviews."
- Steve Earle

"If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure."
- Steve Earle
(Related: Leisure)