When I think about singing, and music, I think about how the people who live on the East Tennessee side have more… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
I mean, roots musicians - we can get old, you know? We can get up there and wear overalls and deliver the… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
My music confuses people because they think I will sound a certain way because I look a certain way with the dreads. — Valerie June Copy Share Image
When you listen to my music, you hear that there are all these voices going on in different parts of the song.… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
I think it's funny how people get confused when they think about church music, because a lot of times there is a… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
I'm not really into alternative country - I'm into Patsy Cline, who lived down the street from where I lived, and old… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
It is such a gift to be able to write songs in general, but when you can share it with somebody, it… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
My challenges have not been around music. My hardest thing in music was just sitting down and teaching myself how to play… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
I just let the songs tell me what to do - they are my guides, and they are the boss. So I… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
When I talk about music in Memphis, it's a place you can go if you are a beginning artist or anywhere in… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
I paid my dues. I have crawled to gigs. I have served people coffee. I worked hard selling all these records out the back… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
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… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I always wanted to go to Europe, to go to Africa, to go traveling. — Valerie June Copy Share Image
I'm constantly being inspired by the old days and taking things from the past and allowing them to lift me up where I am… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
When I think about singing, and music, I think about how the people who live on the East Tennessee side have more of a… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
I mean, roots musicians - we can get old, you know? We can get up there and wear overalls and deliver the songs, we… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
As soon as I could talk, I was bellowing at the top of my lungs. My parents couldn't get over how weird I sounded… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
I create my own reality. And I'm not the only one. My reality is becoming more prominent. — Valerie June Copy Share Image
