Author: Iris Dement

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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