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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Iris Dement Copy Share Image
Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me. — Iris Dement Copy Share Image
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… — Iris DeMent Copy Share Image
This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer… — Iris Dement Copy Share Image
If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with… — Iris DeMent Copy Share Image
Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money. — Iris Dement Copy Share Image
My guitar is really tempermental. I don't give up on it though, I'm close to my guitar! — Iris Dement Copy Share Image
Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing. — Iris Dement Copy Share Image
I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music. — Iris DeMent Copy Share Image
I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else. — Iris DeMent Copy Share Image
We got CEOs making 200 times the worker's pay, but they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage. — Iris DeMent Copy Share Image
I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash. — Iris DeMent Copy Share Image
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… — Iris DeMent Copy Share Image
