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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
Must
Way
Stay
Path
True
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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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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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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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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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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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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 dont marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.
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I just have to do prayers and meditation and affirmations to myself as I go throughout the day, and that's the only way I'm able to make it through some days.
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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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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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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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I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.
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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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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 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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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 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 just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice.
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