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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.
Valerie June
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Valerie June
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 10
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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 must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.
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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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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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I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice.
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When I think about singing, and music, I think about how the people who live on the East Tennessee side have more of a curve or yodel to their voices, and then you think about the curve of mountains.
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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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Whatever people are doing, they're probably going to be doing it five years from now. You have your banker, your general store runner, the principal of the school, and things of that sort. It's nice to see that, and to get old with other people.
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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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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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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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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 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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I create my own reality. And I'm not the only one. My reality is becoming more prominent.
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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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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 like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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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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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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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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