Steve Earle Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
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I cry all the time. I love to laugh, too. It's important to create an environment for yourself where you feel what you need to and don't hold it in.
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
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The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.
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Napster has pointed the way for a new direction for music distribution, and we believe it will form the basis of important and exciting new business models for the future of the music industry.
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My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
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There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God?
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Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
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I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization.
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People I looked up to a lot were, you know, Oprah because she had a rough childhood but overcame so many obstacles and broke barriers to become who she is. It was really eye opening to me: just because I had a rough childhood doesn't mean that I can't make something of myself.
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During my career several people have tried to push me out the door... Nobody has succeeded yet.
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Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
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America is about choices, including those to live certain lifestyles.
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I don't get enough sleep so I always have undereye bags.
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NASA has to approve whatever we wear, so there are clothes to choose from, like space shorts - we wear those a lot - and NASA T-shirts.
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I was going to be lynched. I had to go into hiding in the mountains for two weeks.
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I was born in Northern California and lived there until I was about eight years old. Then my parents moved me up to Seattle. I lived there from ages eight to 16. When I was a California kid, I remember running around in my bathing suit and barefoot all the time and getting a suntan.
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Each Disney princess is unique in their own way, but Moana is especially close to my heart because she's Polynesian.
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When you're going through tough moments, you never know when you're going to have good moments.
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I would rather fight with my hands than my tongue.
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Beauty draws us in. We can't stop looking or listening or touching. It takes us outside ourselves and it motivates us. It's essential to life and to happiness.
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Public schools in the late '80s and early '90s were a total mess... we felt that if I was going to have a good educational option in my life, I would have to go to a public school district that actually served its children.
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What it has done is reaffirm to us we are running the campaign the right way. Grassroots campaigns win elections. That is what we have done and what we will continue to do.
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When it came to my art, I went my own way and did not follow the trends.
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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.
