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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.
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 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 just have to do prayers and meditation and affirmations to myself as I go throughout the day, and that's the only way I'm able to make it through some days.
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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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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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If you're going to be stuck somewhere forever, you might as well be around good people!
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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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I create my own reality. And I'm not the only one. My reality is becoming more prominent.
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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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When I was a kid, I always wanted to go to Europe, to go to Africa, to go traveling.
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I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.
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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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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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