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Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go.
Valerie June
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Valerie June
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 10
Banjoist
Singer
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Jackson
Tennessee
Valerie June Hockett
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Memphis
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More quotes by Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice.
Valerie June
I've always kind of been in the middle of every room, trying to get people together, no matter what color they were.
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.
Valerie June
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!
Valerie June
I dont marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.
Valerie June
I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
Valerie June
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!
Valerie June
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?
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
