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> [My guitar is really tempermental. I don't give up on it though, I'm close to my guitar!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/my-guitar-is-really-tempermental-i-don-t-give-up-on-it-though-i-m/)

[Iris Dement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-dement/)

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## More by Iris Dement

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/some-guy-refuses-to-fight-and-we-call-that-the-sin-but-he-s-standing/)

[Iris Dement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-dement/)

> [Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/writing-overall-has-never-been-what-i-d-call-fun-it-s-fulfilling-it/)

[Iris Dement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-dement/)

> [Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/making-the-record-was-tons-of-fun-the-most-fun-i-ve-ever-had/)

[Iris Dement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-dement/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/i-ve-always-been-aware-of-having-feelings-that-were-pretty-intense-at/)

[Iris DeMent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/this-is-how-it-has-been-since-time-began-if-you-want-to-make/)

[Iris Dement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/if-something-bothers-me-it-bothers-me-for-a-long-time-until-i-find-a/)

[Iris DeMent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-dement/)

> [Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/turn-off-the-tv-and-start-digging-around-for-information-that-s-not/)

[Iris Dement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-dement/)

> [My guitar is really tempermental. I don't give up on it though, I'm close to my guitar!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/my-guitar-is-really-tempermental-i-don-t-give-up-on-it-though-i-m/)

[Iris Dement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-dement/)

> [Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/maybe-i-spent-more-time-dwelling-on-emotions-than-some-people-and/)

[Iris Dement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-dement/)

> [I've always written about things that cause me to feel something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/i-ve-always-written-about-things-that-cause-me-to-feel-something/)

[Iris DeMent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-dement/)

> [I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/i-honestly-don-t-listen-to-a-lot-of-music-i-spend-so-much-time/)

[Iris DeMent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-dement/)

> [I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/i-don-t-know-what-other-people-are-like-i-haven-t-been-able-to-crawl/)

[Iris DeMent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-dement/)

> [We got CEOs making 200 times the worker's pay, but they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/we-got-ceos-making-200-times-the-worker-s-pay-but-they-ll-fight-like/)

[Iris DeMent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-dement/)

> [I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/i-was-mainly-influenced-by-the-carter-family-jimmie-rodgers-loretta/)

[Iris DeMent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-dement/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/for-a-long-time-i-was-interested-in-being-a-social-worker-in-a-lot-of/)

[Iris DeMent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-dement/)

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