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I'm a very disciplined person when it comes to my work, but discipline can't save m from being a drug addict.
Steve Earle
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Steve Earle
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 17
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My politics were really radical when I was younger, and then I moderated like everyone else does when they start having kids.
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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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I'm not a racist, but I do have to work at not being a racist, because of where I grew up.
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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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Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.
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I've been a serial husband, and I've done it badly every time.
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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 don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.
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If I can get Me out of the way, I can do anything.
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I have a theory that the people who cook in jails are British chefs.
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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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