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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.

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
Absorbed
Music
Love

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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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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 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 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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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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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'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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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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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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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 dont marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.
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I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.
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As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music.
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I love to read things that have moral messages, and I love to hear stories where it's not just a hook, you have to follow the story, you have to listen to the message of the song, and get it and use it in your everyday life.
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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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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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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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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 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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