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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.

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
Voice
Believe
Celebrating
Really
Raise
Things
Celebrate
People
Raises
Presence
Heard
Point

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I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.
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I like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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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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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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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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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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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 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 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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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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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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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 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 dont marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.
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Sometimes when you're in a more fast-paced place, with more to see and do, you miss out on things like nature and beautiful, God-made things. They call it God's country!
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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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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 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 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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There are so many different versions of Tennessee Waltz and they're all so good.
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