Steve Earle Quotes
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.
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In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men.
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Being a celebrity, I don't even have to talk.
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The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show.
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I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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I used to listen to 'Perfect Day' by Hoku every single day in high school! 'On this perfect day, nothin' standin' in my way... Don't you try to rain on my perfect day.' It pumped me up when I was feeling down or defeated, whether it was from the cool kids making me feel left out or feeling overwhelmed with homework and mean teachers.
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I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just rich people who don't contribute to your campaign? Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?
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Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.
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I have always done exercise because I was a dancer, and it is probably good for you. I have done yoga consistently.
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There is no such thing as a free lunch.
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People didn't always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges. But I run into that often now. People are saying, 'Why do we have to go to great expense for these people?'
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Only conviction sells. Well, when we are insecure, we really don't have that 100 percent conviction. Once we have it, we can tide over everything.
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I've always wanted to sing, just as I've always known that one day I would have my own niche in the annals of song. It was a feeling I had.
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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I guess I always leaned to the theatrical.
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Louis knew a few xenophobes, and regarded them as dolts.
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I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.
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All my life I've been looking for diversity.
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I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.
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We can become anyone we want to become. It takes focusing on the aspect of ourselves we want to change and reflecting on the beliefs that cause us to act in ways that are counter to the change we seek.
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I think I have a hard time expressing myself in my relationships. I use songs to tell people how I'm feeling. If I can't say 'I love you,' I'll write a song about it and hope that the person figures it out.
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During 'Torches,' I was more concerned with communicating the spirit of the song than the actual lyrics.
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A great song is something that you go back to in twenty years and it's still so influential to you.
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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.
