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I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.
Steve Earle
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Steve Earle
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 17
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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.
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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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The creative core of New York has never been native New Yorkers it's people from all over the world.
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I feel like I owe my audience something. They feed my kids. And I really like my job, a lot.
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