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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.
Valerie June
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Valerie June
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 10
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Tennessee
Valerie June Hockett
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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 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.
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?
Valerie June
Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go.
Valerie June
There are so many different versions of Tennessee Waltz and they're all so good.
Valerie June
Even though I like looking good - don't get me wrong - but if I don't want to, I don't have to.
Valerie June
I create my own reality. And I'm not the only one. My reality is becoming more prominent.
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
As I try to get around with a guitar, a banjo and a suitcase of high heels and dresses, I treasure that little ukulele.
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 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
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!
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
Valerie June
I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
If you're going to be stuck somewhere forever, you might as well be around good people!
Valerie June
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.
Valerie June
