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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
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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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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 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.
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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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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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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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I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice.
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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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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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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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There are so many different versions of Tennessee Waltz and they're all so good.
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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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