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I don't type fast. I type with three fingers - two on one hand, and I only get one going on the other. I think my thumb's in there, but I'm not sure. I may be no better than an orangutan when it comes to that.

Steve Earle

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Steve Earle
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 17
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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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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 had everything I need to get me killed.
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If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure.
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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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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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What's important is you wake up in the morning and something doesn't exist, and when you finish you day's work something is in the world that wasn't there before.
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