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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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I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.
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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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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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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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If you're going to be stuck somewhere forever, you might as well be around good people!
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There are so many different versions of Tennessee Waltz and they're all so good.
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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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I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.
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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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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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As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music.
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When I talk about music in Memphis, it's a place you can go if you are a beginning artist or anywhere in your career, and you can incubate.
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When I think about singing, and music, I think about how the people who live on the East Tennessee side have more of a curve or yodel to their voices, and then you think about the curve of mountains.
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I create my own reality. And I'm not the only one. My reality is becoming more prominent.
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Even the sad roots songs have a lot of good stories to them, and the murder ballads are good too. I mean, who doesn't like to watch a nice gory murder film on TV?
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I know a lot of people that don't pray or anything, and that's fine - but I need to. I don't even want to call it prayer, I just want to call it talking to something bigger than me.
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As I try to get around with a guitar, a banjo and a suitcase of high heels and dresses, I treasure that little ukulele.
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Im constantly being inspired by the old days and taking things from the past and allowing them to lift me up where I am now.
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I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice.
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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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