209 Quotes by Steve Earle

I love theater. I go all the time. It’s one of the reasons I moved to New York. But I understand that I have limited range as an actor. I can only play people who talk like me.

Woody Guthrie was what folks who don’t believe in anything would call an anomaly.

I’m used to writing stories with a beginning a middle and an end in four minutes.

I’m supposed to make people cry, but not by manipulating.

I’m not a Democrat; I’m something well to the left of a Democrat, but I’m just realistic about the system.

I don’t usually read reviews.

I’m one of the few people that I know that sings better than they did 20 years ago.

I’ve been a serial husband, and I’ve done it badly every time.

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.