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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
Banjoist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Jackson
Tennessee
Valerie June Hockett
Look
Deliver
Looks
Musicians
Mean
Roots
Way
Wear
Musician
Songs
Song
Certain
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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 don't even want to call it God. I just want to call it connecting with something that's greater than I am. So that's the biggest thing from Tennessee - the spirit.
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I like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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