Best 14 quotes of Iris Dement on MyQuotes

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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