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As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music.

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
Music
Especially
Freedom
Woman
Found

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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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When I talk about music in Memphis, it's a place you can go if you are a beginning artist or anywhere in your career, and you can incubate.
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I have a lot of different collections of cards at home. It's hard to say my favorite deck, but there is a deck called the medicine cards, and it's Native American animal cards.
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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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There are so many different versions of Tennessee Waltz and they're all so good.
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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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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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If you're going to be stuck somewhere forever, you might as well be around good people!
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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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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 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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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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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 must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.
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I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.
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I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice.
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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 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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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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