Iris Dement Quotations

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.

We got CEOs making 200 times the worker's pay, but they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage.

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.

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

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

Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin, but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me.

Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.

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

I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.

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