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.
Steve EarleWhat'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.
Steve EarleAll we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.
Steve Earle