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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

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Valerie June
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 10
Banjoist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Jackson
Tennessee
Valerie June Hockett
Life
World
Affect
Zone
Allow
Ignorance
Come
Believe
Really

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I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.
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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music.
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I dont marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.
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There are so many different versions of Tennessee Waltz and they're all so good.
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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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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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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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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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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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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 feel a lot of cities are like, you go and you are trying to do your art, and there are so many other artists there who are so brilliant. And it's kind of like they stomp on the scene, and they are like, You're not already Picasso? Get the hell out of here! And Memphis is like, Well, you'll get there one day!
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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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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 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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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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I create my own reality. And I'm not the only one. My reality is becoming more prominent.
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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 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 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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