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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 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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"The spirit of life, the spirit of peace."

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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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"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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"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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"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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"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 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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"I've always written about things that cause me to feel something."
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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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"Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money."
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"Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had."
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