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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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Valerie June
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 10
Banjoist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Jackson
Tennessee
Valerie June Hockett
Traveling
Africa
Europe
Kids
Wanted
Always

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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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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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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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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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As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music.
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There are so many different versions of Tennessee Waltz and they're all so good.
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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 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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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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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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I like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.
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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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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'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice.
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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 just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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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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