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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Being a celebrity, I don't even have to talk.
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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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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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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 was playing 40-year-old women when I was 20. I didn't get considered for ingenue roles.
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Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country.
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Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well.
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I think us, especially as black people, we don't necessarily talk about our feelings enough or talk to someone about our feelings.
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I think we are all programmed to please as we grow up.
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In reality the world is as full of bad mothers as it is of bad fathers, and it is not the motherless children who become delinquent but the fatherless ones.
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Do I watch dancers as people? Yes, absolutely. Do I watch really good dancers for specifically who they are? Absolutely, because how they move best and how they look best is going to be most familiar to them, and not necessarily to me.
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I'm a great swimmer, probably due to the size of my feet.
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I just wanted to keep consistent and keep true to America and not seem contrived. I didn't want to seem contrived at all with any song choice that might be a detriment to my journey on 'The Voice.'
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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.
