There's only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety 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 don’t envision a long life for myself. Like, I think my life will run out before my work does, y’know? I’ve designed it that way.

Now the dark air is like fire on my skin, And even the moonlight is blinding

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.

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

Now you wear your skin like iron