Iris Dement Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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