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 now.
From Valerie June
If I have something inside me that I want to get out, I'll just beat it out on the banjo right then and there.
When I first moved to New York, I was still returning to Tennessee every few months to perform.
I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isn't a song that I need to sing.
I met PJ Harvey when I was in England, and the first thing I want to do when I meet a songwriter I admire is to ask them how do they receive songs.
When I was writing 'Shotgun,' it's one of the first songs that's come to me as an 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 - like an old man when I was just a toddler! But no one was gonna shut me up.
I was working like a dog as a housekeeper, barista, nanny, cook, so I could save enough money to really sit with my instruments. Whenever I had 20 minutes, I would practice a new chord or write a new verse.
As I try to get around with a guitar, a banjo and a suitcase of high heels and dresses, I treasure that little ukulele.
Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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