I've always written about things that cause me to feel something.
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Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.Iris Dement
Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.
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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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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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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.
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I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.
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