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Iris DeMent

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

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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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"I've always written about things that cause me to feel something."
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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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"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 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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"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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"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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"Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had."
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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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