Valerie June
Valerie June
Valerie June Hockett, known as Valerie June, is an Americana singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Her sound encompasses a mixture of folk, blues, gospel, soul, country, Appalachian and bluegrass. She is signed to Sunday Best label in the UK/Europe and Concord Music Group in North America...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth10 January 1982
CountryUnited States of America
girl country broken
If you want to get broken in good, put four girls on the road together in a van and tour up and down the country.
murder killing ballads
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!"
song nice mean
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?
song everyday use
I love to read things that have moral messages, and I love to hear stories where it's not just a hook, you have to follow the story, you have to listen to the message of the song, and get it and use it in your everyday life.
thinking voice curves
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.
confused thinking church-music
I think it's funny how people get confused when they think about church music, because a lot of times there is a soloist who stands out, but my church wasn't like that at all.
believe voice people
The point is to raise your voice and be heard to God. You really are just celebrating being in the presence of other people that believe the same things you believe.
beautiful country missing
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"!
kids europe wanted
When I was a kid, I always wanted to go to Europe, to go to Africa, to go traveling.
thinking self play
They're all personal and self-created challenges that I think I've overcome within myself. Being confident enough to get on stage and play, things like that.
grateful found has-beens
I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.
found
As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music.
native-american home animal
I have a lot of different collections of cards at home. It's hard to say my favorite deck, but there is a deck called the medicine cards, and it's Native American animal cards.
want tennessee spirit
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.