Top 18 Quotes by Iris Dement

I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.

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

Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.

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.

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.

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 honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.

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