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Iris Dement quotes: I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn't be human.

I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn't be human.

Iris Dement quotes: I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.

I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.

Iris Dement quotes: Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.

Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.

Iris Dement quotes: Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money.

Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money.

Iris Dement quotes: This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.

This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.

Iris Dement quotes: I've always written about things that cause me to feel something.

I've always written about things that cause me to feel something.

Iris Dement quotes: Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.

Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.

Iris Dement quotes: I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.

I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.

Iris Dement quotes: And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.

And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.

Iris Dement quotes: Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.

Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.

Iris Dement quotes: If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.

If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.

Iris Dement quotes: Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.

Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.

Iris Dement quotes: I never set out to write songs about the world around me ... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.

I never set out to write songs about the world around me ... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.

Iris Dement quotes: We got CEOs making 200 times the worker's pay, but they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage.

We got CEOs making 200 times the worker's pay, but they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage.

Iris Dement quotes: I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.

I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.

Iris Dement quotes: For a long time I was interested in being a social worker. In a lot of ways I feel that that's all my music is, trying to help people.

For a long time I was interested in being a social worker. In a lot of ways I feel that that's all my music is, trying to help people.

Iris Dement quotes: I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.

I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.

Iris Dement quotes: Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin, but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me.

Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin, but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me.

Iris Dement quotes: My guitar is really tempermental. I don't give up on it though, I'm close to my guitar!

My guitar is really tempermental. I don't give up on it though, I'm close to my guitar!