Steve Earle Quotes

I guess I haven't talked to Bob Dylan since before then [interview to Rolling Stones]. I follow his career.

I do not use the word 'genius' lightly, but if David Bowie is not a genius, then there is no such thing.

I'm a [Bob] Dylan freak, like everybody else.

I've always been amused by [Bob] Dylan; I don't think he's been amused by me.

As long as Elton John can bring forth one performance per album on the order of 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight,' the chance remains that he will become something more than the great entertainer he already is and go on to make a lasting contribution to rock.

Neil Young is my hero, and such a great example. You know what that guy has been doing for the past 40 years? Making music. That's what that guy does. Sometimes you pay attention, sometimes you don't. Sometimes he hands it to you, sometimes he keeps it to himself. He's a good man with a beautiful family and wonderful life.

God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.

David Bowie was awesome the easiest, coolest interview I have ever done.

Bowie's been a huge influence on me.

How do I explain Neil Young? Great question! I explain Neil Young as, I would kill to see his acoustic shows.

David Bowie is such a big influence to me. Everything about him as a person is intriguing to me.

Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.

Kendrick Lamar is the real deal. He's a real artist, and he's gonna be here for awhile because this guy is seriously talented.

He was definitely an original and a one-of-a-kind. Truly there was only one Prince.

I thought he was the greatest thing. Bob Dylan.

I want to say that Beck is incredible. He is an art machine.

Bob Dylan is like an alien on this earth, and I love him! I cried when I saw him play live because I was so close to him.

It would be a dream come true if I could sing for A.R. Rahman. He is very unconventional.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is a musical icon, and being part of any show of his is an honor.

Bob Dylan will be thirty years old this month..." "That's the most depressing thing I've ever heard.

Bob has never written a bad song. Bob Dylan is a genius.

I would love to meet Bob Marley. I mean, he's passed, but that's somebody that I would've loved to meet.

Elvis Presley was the first and the best. He is my favorite of all time.

Roy Orbison was one of the genuinely nicest persons I've ever known. With one of the most beautiful voices in the history of recorded music he could easily have had an opera star's ego, but he was one of the humblest, kindest, sweetest human beings to grace this planet. This in spite of the enormous tragedies in his life. A brave, beautiful blessing of a man.

Genius now and then produces a lucky trifle. We still read the Dove of Anacreon, and Sparrow of Catullus; and a writer naturally pleases himself with a performance which owes nothing to the subject.