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Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money.
Iris Dement
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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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61% of people like this quote
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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59% of people like this quote
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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57% of people like this quote
Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.
Iris Dement
56% of people like this quote
My guitar is really tempermental. I don't give up on it though, I'm close to my guitar!
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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.
Iris Dement
55% of people like this quote
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.
Iris Dement
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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.
Iris Dement
54% of people like this quote
I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.
Iris Dement
54% of people like this quote
Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.
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52% of people like this quote
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.
Iris Dement
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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.
Iris Dement
47% of people like this quote
Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.
Iris Dement
46% of people like this quote
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