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Valerie June

(1982) Singer United States

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Valerie June is a singer from the United States, best known for Pushin' against a stone.

Quick Facts About Valerie June

Born: January 10, 1982
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer
Notable works: Pushin' against a stone

About Valerie June

Valerie June Hockett is a Grammy-nominated American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and author. Her music draws influence from many genres, including psychedelic folk, indie rock, Appalachian, bluegrass, country soul, symphonic pop, and blues, as well as from her southern roots and later East coast life. She is signed to Concord Music Group worldwide.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Valerie June · Page 2

I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.

Found

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When I was really little, I loved Whitney Houston. I thought she was the prettiest thing in the world.

Houston

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When you listen to my music, you hear that there are all these voices going on in different parts of the song.…

Always

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The challenge is how strange and different my voice sounds, so I have tried to sound like other people and tried to…

Because

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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…

Ballads

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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…

Knows

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When I was teenager, Britney Spears was it - that was the pop world that was happening, and I knew I wasn't…

Britney

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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…

Believe

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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.

Absorb

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My voice is who I am, who I was when I was 3, and who I am going to be when I…

Am

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I met PJ Harvey when I was in England, and the first thing I want to do when I meet a songwriter…

Admire

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I think it's funny how people get confused when they think about church music, because a lot of times there is a…

Church

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I'm not really into alternative country - I'm into Patsy Cline, who lived down the street from where I lived, and old…

Also

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I don't marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.

Go

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It is such a gift to be able to write songs in general, but when you can share it with somebody, it…

Able

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Saturdays are set for antique shops. Williamsburg in Brooklyn has some good ones. I get in there and start meddling around with…

Antique

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If my parents hadn't been made to do that from living in the Bible Belt, maybe it wouldn't be something that matters…

Belts

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One day, when we were coming back from school, we saw this big cloud of smoke coming up, and all these fire-trucks…

Back

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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…

Broken

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I love to read things that have moral messages, and I love to hear stories where it's not just a hook, you…

Character

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I was working like a dog as a housekeeper, barista, nanny, cook, so I could save enough money to really sit with…

Chord

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When I was 15, I begged my grandfather to give me this guitar he'd always had in the back of his closet.…

Always

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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…

Animal

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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.

Color

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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…

Believe

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