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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
Girls
Broken
Four
Girl
Together
Country
Vans
Good
Tour
Road

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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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There are so many different versions of Tennessee Waltz and they're all so good.
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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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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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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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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 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 create my own reality. And I'm not the only one. My reality is becoming more prominent.
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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.
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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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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.
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I can't believe the ignorance there, so I don't allow it to affect my life, I don't allow it to come into my zone, and it's not in my world, really.
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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 like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice.
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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.
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As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music.
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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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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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