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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.

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
Together
Country
Vans
Good
Tour
Road
Girls
Broken
Four
Girl

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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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When I was a kid, I always wanted to go to Europe, to go to Africa, to go traveling.
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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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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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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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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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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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If my parents hadn't been made to do that from living in the Bible Belt, maybe it wouldn't be something that matters to me - maybe I wouldn't even know how to talk to God.
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I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.
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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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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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There are so many different versions of Tennessee Waltz and they're all so good.
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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 like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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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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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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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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