Facts about Iris DeMent

Occup.	Musician
From	USA
Born	January 5, 1961
Age	64 years

Summary

Iris DeMent is a famous Musician from USA, he/she is 64 years old and still alive, born January 5, 1961.

Zodiac:

He/she is born under the zodiac capricorn, who is known for Determination, Dominance, Perservering, Practical, Willful. Our collection contains 18 quotes who is written / told by Iris.

18 Famous quotes by 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"

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"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"

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"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"

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"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"

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

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"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"

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"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"

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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"

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

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

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

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"I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else"

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

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

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

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"I've always written about things that cause me to feel something"

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"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"

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

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