Iris Dement

And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long. ↗

— Iris Dement

#i #long #memories #round #too

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

— Iris Dement

#describe #honest #how #i #life

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

— Iris Dement

#emotions #ended #i #maybe #more

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

#feel #help #help people #i #i feel

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

— Iris Dement

#anybody #been #crawl #else #haven

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

— Iris Dement

#i #listen #lot #much #music

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. ↗

— Iris Dement

#around #attention #came #i #just

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

— Iris Dement

#bob dylan #carter #cash #dylan #family

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. ↗

— Iris Dement

#aware #been #feelings #had #having

I've always written about things that cause me to feel something. ↗

— Iris Dement

#always #cause #feel #i #me