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I met PJ Harvey when I was in England, and the first thing I want to do when I meet a songwriter I admire is to ask them how do they receive songs.
Valerie June
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Valerie June
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 10
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Even though I like looking good - don't get me wrong - but if I don't want to, I don't have to.
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My challenges have not been around music. My hardest thing in music was just sitting down and teaching myself how to play and believing in myself.
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When I was a kid, I always wanted to go to Europe, to go to Africa, to go traveling.
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I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.
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I just have to do prayers and meditation and affirmations to myself as I go throughout the day, and that's the only way I'm able to make it through some days.
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There are so many different versions of Tennessee Waltz and they're all so good.
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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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They're all personal and self-created challenges that I think I've overcome within myself. Being confident enough to get on stage and play, things like that.
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I can't believe the ignorance there, so I don't allow it to affect my life, I don't allow it to come into my zone, and it's not in my world, really.
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Sometimes when you're in a more fast-paced place, with more to see and do, you miss out on things like nature and beautiful, God-made things. They call it God's country!
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There are a lot of murder ballads out there, but most of them are about killing the woman. I was like, We've gotta turn this around!
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I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice.
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I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.
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Whatever people are doing, they're probably going to be doing it five years from now. You have your banker, your general store runner, the principal of the school, and things of that sort. It's nice to see that, and to get old with other people.
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Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go.
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The point is to raise your voice and be heard to God. You really are just celebrating being in the presence of other people that believe the same things you believe.
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I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isnt a song that I need to sing.
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