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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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