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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
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Jackson
Tennessee
Valerie June Hockett
Even
Sing
Trying
Though
Every
Song
Comes
Write
Need
Needs
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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 must stay true to myself and take my own path all the 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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When I was a kid, I always wanted to go to Europe, to go to Africa, to go traveling.
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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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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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There are so many different versions of Tennessee Waltz and they're all so good.
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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.
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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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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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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 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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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 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 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'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 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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As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music.
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