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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.
Valerie June
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Valerie June
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 10
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Valerie June Hockett
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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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Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go.
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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 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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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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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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I like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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