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I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.

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
Stay
Path
True
Take
Must
Way

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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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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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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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As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music.
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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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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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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 dont marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.
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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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I think it's funny how people get confused when they think about church music, because a lot of times there is a soloist who stands out, but my church wasn't like that at all.
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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 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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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 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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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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If you're going to be stuck somewhere forever, you might as well be around good people!
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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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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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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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