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I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.
Steve Earle
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Steve Earle
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 17
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It's incredibly irresponsible to allow victims' family members to witness executions.
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My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody.
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I was comparatively late in understanding Bob Dylan's overwhelming importance as a songwriter. Everybody who does my job exists in the shadow of Bob Dylan. There are two categories: Dylan and everybody else. It's as simple as that. And it's going to be that way until he dies.
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You can go out and find ways to make your own record and get it out there now. If you really want to, you can be heard. Keep things simple. Learn to go out and play solo. That's a really really good thing to learn, if you're a singer-songwriter. Don't be dependent on a band because you may not always be able to afford one.
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At home, I'm lucky if I can write three or four hours before the phone starts ringing and the kids want to go to soccer.
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Sympathetic characters usually have a voice. They usually don't have any trouble being heard.
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What songwriting does better than almost anything is empathy - it's incredibly empathetic. The reason people sat around in bars when they were bummed out and listened to country songs is because it made them feel better in the long run.
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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.
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