If you're going to be stuck somewhere forever, you might as well be around good people! — Valerie June Copy Share Image
The point is to raise your voice and be heard to God. You really are just celebrating being in the presence of… — 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
I've always kind of been in the middle of every room, trying to get people together, no matter what color they were. — 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 paid my dues. I have crawled to gigs. I have served people coffee. I worked hard selling all these records out… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
The challenge is how strange and different my voice sounds, so I have tried to sound like other people and tried to… — 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… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
My voice is who I am, who I was when I was 3, and who I am going to be when I… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
Whatever people are doing, they're probably going to be doing it five years from now. You have your banker, your general store… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people that don't pray or anything, and that's fine - but I need to. I don't even… — 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
