Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.
Steve Earle

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.
Steve Earle

I don't usually read reviews.
Steve Earle

I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect.
Steve Earle

If I can get Me out of the way, I can do anything.
Steve Earle

If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure.
Steve Earle

Me, I'm spiritually retarded, I need to be knee deep in water with a fly rod in my hands, that's about as close to God as I get.
Steve Earle

Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited.
Steve Earle

Townes van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.
Steve Earle

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