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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.
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 feel a lot of cities are like, you go and you are trying to do your art, and there are so many other artists there who are so brilliant. And it's kind of like they stomp on the scene, and they are like, You're not already Picasso? Get the hell out of here! And Memphis is like, Well, you'll get there one day!
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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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I dont marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.
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I have a lot of different collections of cards at home. It's hard to say my favorite deck, but there is a deck called the medicine cards, and it's Native American animal cards.
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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 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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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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I don't even want to call it God. I just want to call it connecting with something that's greater than I am. So that's the biggest thing from Tennessee - the spirit.
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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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I like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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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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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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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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Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go.
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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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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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I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.
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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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