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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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Valerie June
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 10
Banjoist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Jackson
Tennessee
Valerie June Hockett
Turns
Woman
Around
Like
Ballads
Gotta
Murder
Killing
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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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I dont marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.
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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've always kind of been in the middle of every room, trying to get people together, no matter what color they were.
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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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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.
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