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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.

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
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Bigger
Something
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Prayer
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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'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice.
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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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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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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 am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.
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I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.
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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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When I was a kid, I always wanted to go to Europe, to go to Africa, to go traveling.
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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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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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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 like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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I dont marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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