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Steve Earle Biography

Stephen Fain Earle (/ɜːrl/) (born January 17, 1955) is an American rock, country and folk singer-songwriter, record producer, author and actor. Earle began his career as a songwriter in Nashville and released his first EP in 1982.

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Back then, the business depended on bohemians. . . . They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller. . It was the tail end of something. . . the last Tin Pan Alley. . . . and we were the night shift! They gave us keys, because they knew the best songs weren't written in daylight. . . . We got our keys taken away several times. . . me and Guy Clark.

Pan, Song, Tail, Taken, Writing

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.

Crafts, Learning, Part, Song, Till, Voice

Or you can be like the Soviet Union, start out with ideals, and end up ceasing to exist.

Ends, Soviet, Soviet Union, Start, Union, Unions

I'm not a racist, but I do have to work at not being a racist, because of where I grew up.

Racist, Work, Grew

I don't believe that songwriting has to be profound, but I truly believe that it's a crime for you to go outta your way for it not to be.

Believe, Profound, Songwriting, Way

I don't get in vote in whether or how people remember me when I'm gone. It's really dangerous to sit around and worry about it too much, for me. It gets me way too in myself to worry about what people are going to think about me when I'm not around anymore.

Dangerous, People, Remember, Sit, Thinking, Worry

I'm not going to waste a second feeling sorry for myself because I'm not a bigger star than I am. I can walk down the street in most places in the world and I still drive really nice cars.

Down, Drive, Nice, Sorry, Stars

I was born on this mountain, this mountains my home, she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe.

Born, Holds, Home, Mountain, Worry

Funerals are a pagan rite. There's not any doubt about it.

Doubt, Funeral, Funerals, Pagan, Rite

I don't type fast. I type with three fingers - two on one hand, and I only get one going on the other. I think my thumb's in there, but I'm not sure. I may be no better than an orangutan when it comes to that.

Fast, Hands, Think, Thinking, Three, Two

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

Differently, Ifs, See, Things, Way

I wasn't raised to not write about issues, and I'm just living in really politically charged times. You know, I'd rather write songs about girls, but it's just hard to do right now.

Girl, Girls, Raised, Right, Song, Writing

I'm constantly warning people that are involved in my life that I can go busk and make a living. I can make my rent in New York City in the subway, I promise, if I'm forced to.

Cities, Living, New York, People, Rent, Subway

Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion, too.

Enemy, Fundamentalism, Real, Religion, Taliban, Thought

People can try to make me into anything they want, but I think they're really throwing around language but saying the same thing.

People, Saying, Think, Thinking, Throwing, Trying

The revolution starts now.

Revolution, Starts, Struggle

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

Contagious, Democracy, Obvious, Think, Thinking

My son was diagnosed with autism. He's OK, he makes eye contact, but he doesn't talk. He needs eight hours a day of very intensive school, and you wouldn't even believe me if I told you how much it costs.

Believe, Contact, Eye, Needs, School, Talk

Bob Dylan emerged from nowhere, like an alien. And that was just the start.

Alien, Aliens, Bob, Dylan

I make an embarrassing amount of money for a borderline Marxist, just by selling 100,000 records. I don't sell millions of records, and I don't need to.

100000, Borderline, Money, Needs, Records, Selling

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