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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.
Valerie June
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Valerie June
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 10
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Valerie June Hockett
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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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If you want to get broken in good, put four girls on the road together in a van and tour up and down the country.
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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 just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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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.
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I mean, roots musicians - we can get old, you know? We can get up there and wear overalls and deliver the songs, we don't have to look any certain 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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I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.
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I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.
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I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.
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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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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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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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I like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice.
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I dont marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.
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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've always kind of been in the middle of every room, trying to get people together, no matter what color they were.
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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.
Valerie June
