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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."

Iris DeMent, American Musician

Music, Time, Work

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

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

"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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"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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"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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