Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.
Steve EarleBy the time I wrote those first three songs for his new CD ... I wanted to push the poetics as hard as I could push them, and not decide the songs were finished until I committed them to whatever the recording format was. I went through drafts right up until I recorded every single one of them.
Steve EarleEvery leap forward that I make is by reaching back and firmly getting a footing in the past, and pushing forward as hard as I can.
Steve EarleBecoming interested in poetics got me interested in theater. Theater is supposed to be poetry, you know, before it's anything else. It just doesn't fly if it isn't musical.
Steve EarleI'll never believe that Americans have racticed in our history anything close to the purest form of democracy of the world. Because there are lots of democracies around the world that function better than ours does. It's always been that way. There's some truth to the idea that it's rigged, but there is a way that it's supposed to work that.
Steve Earle