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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.
Valerie June
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Valerie June
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 10
Banjoist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Jackson
Tennessee
Valerie June Hockett
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I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.
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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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Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go.
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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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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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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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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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When I was a kid, I always wanted to go to Europe, to go to Africa, to go traveling.
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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 like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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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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Even from when I was in grade school or church or wherever, I was always like: we're one, and we should respect each other and grow as one. And respect each other's diversity, of course.
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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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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.
Valerie June
If my parents hadn't been made to do that from living in the Bible Belt, maybe it wouldn't be something that matters to me - maybe I wouldn't even know how to talk to God.
Valerie June
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?
Valerie June
As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music.
Valerie June
I dont marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
Valerie June
