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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."

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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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Akiroq Brost

"The person whose attention is in the 'pure Soul' is known as a renowned person. No one in the past had been celebrated as a famous person, they were called renowned persons. To be famous is the result of an 'above normal' state."

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Akiroq Brost

"Everybody-even monsters-needed a little attention once in a while."

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"When you are "off somewhere else" people notice. Have you found yourself in conversations in which you're so concerned about what you are going to say next, that you don't even hear what the other person is saying? Guilty as charged, right?"

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Akiroq Brost

"Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention."

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"Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere... You don't have to dress up, for instance, and you can't hear them boo you right away."

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Akiroq Brost

"I think the killers get far too much attention."

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"You can't get attention of one who focused on himself."

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Akiroq Brost

"I need attention?No...I need victim....!"

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Akiroq Brost

"Make It Fun. Have you ever been publicly acknowledged or called upon in a room filled with people? Depending on your personality type, it can be either exhilarating or mortifying. It certainly does grab your attention, as well as everyone else's!"

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Akiroq Brost

"Thirsty for attention is a cry of loneliness."

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"Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had."
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"I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else."
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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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"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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"I've always written about things that cause me to feel something."
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"I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music."
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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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"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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"Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing."
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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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