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I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice.

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
Religious
Spiritual
Creating
Practice

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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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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 am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.
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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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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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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?
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I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.
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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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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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I know a lot of people that don't pray or anything, and that's fine - but I need to. I don't even want to call it prayer, I just want to call it talking to something bigger than me.
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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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There are so many different versions of Tennessee Waltz and they're all so good.
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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 a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music.
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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 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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Memphis held onto me until I was far enough along in my art and then it let me go.
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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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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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