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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
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Tennessee
Valerie June Hockett
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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 want to get broken in good, put four girls on the road together in a van and tour up and down the country.
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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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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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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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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 like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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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 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 dont marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.
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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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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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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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Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go.
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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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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As I try to get around with a guitar, a banjo and a suitcase of high heels and dresses, I treasure that little ukulele.
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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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