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When I was a kid, I always wanted to go to Europe, to go to Africa, to go traveling.
Valerie June
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Valerie June
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 10
Banjoist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Jackson
Tennessee
Valerie June Hockett
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Africa
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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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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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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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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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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 dont marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.
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I like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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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 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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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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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 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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I create my own reality. And I'm not the only one. My reality is becoming more prominent.
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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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There are so many different versions of Tennessee Waltz and they're all so good.
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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 just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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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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Even though I like looking good - don't get me wrong - but if I don't want to, I don't have to.
Valerie June
As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music.
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