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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
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Jackson
Tennessee
Valerie June Hockett
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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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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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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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There are a lot of murder ballads out there, but most of them are about killing the woman. I was like, We've gotta turn this around!
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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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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.
Valerie June
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'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice.
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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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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 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'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.
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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 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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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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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.
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
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
I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.
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