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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
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Mandolinist
Peace Activist
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Record Producer
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Singer-Songwriter
Fort Monroe National Monument
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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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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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Like most kids, I grew up singing 'This Land Is Your Land' in grammar school, but with the most radical verses neatly removed. This was before I knew it was a Woody Guthrie song.
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I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.
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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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I feel like I owe my audience something. They feed my kids. And I really like my job, a lot.
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Bob Dylan emerged from nowhere, like an alien. And that was just the start.
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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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