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

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

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

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.

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.

All of a sudden there's a song - there in your hotel room playing your guitar - and you write it, and two or three years later it will come true. It keeps you on your toes.

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