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"Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better."

"Frozen yogurt is tastier than ice cream; nobody is too old for cartoons; bald men are sexy; chocolate is the best medicine; BIG books are better; cats secretly rule the planet; and everything should be available in the color pink, including monster trucks."

"A funny thing happened to me on the way to the White House."

"Excuse me, I must go and putt."
Explore more quotes by 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."

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."
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