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I just had a child on purpose at age 56, I'm pretty f---ing optimistic.

Steve Earle

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Steve Earle
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 17
Actor
Guitarist
Mandolinist
Peace Activist
Radio Personality
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Fort Monroe National Monument
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If I can get Me out of the way, I can do anything.
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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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Politics has always been in my music. Anybody who doesn't understand how political Copperhead Road is isn't listening very well.
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Part of it is, I think, just to let people know you've got a record out there and that you're still alive requires more work than it used to, because the traditional radio, bug chains of record stores, all of that, that doesn't exist anymore.
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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.
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I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.
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I've been on every interstate highway in the lower forty-eight states by now and I never get tired of the view.
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Having a child at 55... that's optimism.
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My audience doesn't agree with me on everything, but I love my audience, because they're totally okay with us having a dialogue.
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Maybe I'm not as big a star as Bruce Springsteen because I'm not as good. I don't know. It doesn't matter. I still have an audience of a certain size. I think it's one of the things I'm luckiest.
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Every day on Earth is another chance to get it right.
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