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I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.

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
Found
Place
Music
Grateful
Freedom

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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 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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They're all personal and self-created challenges that I think I've overcome within myself. Being confident enough to get on stage and play, things like that.
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There are so many different versions of Tennessee Waltz and they're all so good.
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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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I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.
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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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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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Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go.
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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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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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Sometimes when you're in a more fast-paced place, with more to see and do, you miss out on things like nature and beautiful, God-made things. They call it God's country!
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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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As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music.
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Even from when I was in grade school or church or wherever, I was always like: we're one, and we should respect each other and grow as one. And respect each other's diversity, of course.
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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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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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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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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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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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