Im the mold that grunge was grown in.

Aloneness is a state of being, whereas loneliness is a state of feeling. It's like the difference between being broke and being poor.

There are only two kinds of songs; there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah.

I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best.

I've met Bob Dylan's bodyguards, and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table, he's sadly mistaken.

I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself.

What I do is between me and the Lord, to examine and possibly alter the state of grace in which I live, and thereby the state of grace of anybody who listens.

Sorrow and solitude, these are the precious things/ And the only words that are worth remembering.

I don't know why I write really depressing songs. I'm a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I'm about normal.

Human's can't live in the present as animals do; they just live in the present. But human's are always thinking about the future or the past.

There's only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety doo-dah.

The capacity to surmount failure without being discouraged is the chief asset of every person who attains outstanding success in any calling.

don't look in my eyes you will fall into a deep well and drown

A door that seems to stand open must be a man's size or it is not the door that Providence means for him.

It is a pity that many Christians have the TV schedule better memorized than a single chapter for God's precious Word.

In no way do I feel superior to anyone except paedophiles, rapists, murderers, etc.

The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.

India absorbs things; India's not a divisive place.

Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.

Never give up! There's always hope because there's always help