209 Quotes by Steve Earle

Greg Trooper writes great songs, including one of my very favorite songs in the world, Little Sister. On top of all that, there's his voice - an instrument I have coveted for 15 years.

I mainly read non-fiction, and that's probably because I have a huge amount of insecurity about my lack of education and the things I don't know.

You know I ain't never prayed before 'Cause it always seemed to me That prayin's the same as beggin' Lord, I don't take no charity.

My dad was in a wheelchair and on oxygen for the last few years of his life.

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

The creative core of New York has never been native New Yorkers; it's people from all over the world.

Every day on Earth is another chance to get it right.

In New York, I'm around a lot of the reasons I started playing music in the first place. I live right behind Matt Umanov Guitars. I live on the street that Suze Rotolo and Bob Dylan were walking down on the album cover. I recognize the history.

I have no doubt in mind that I justify the space I take up in the world.