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,… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
One day, when we were coming back from school, we saw this big cloud of smoke coming up, and all these fire-trucks in the yard. The garage was burning down. I was 14, and we'd lost everything. — 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
