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Iris DeMent

"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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"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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"The imaginary world has always been the most fun place for me to be."

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"If I ever do anything, it actually might be some fantasy elf thing or even some cute, funny thing. Just to do something a little bit out of the ordinary. I've done my superhero gig."

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"But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I've been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun."

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"It's not that fun to just play a villain, without any reasoning behind it."

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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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"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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