Valerie June Quotes

Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero.

When you spend two to three years working on an album that I feel very happy with the end result, there is nothing I would change. Musically, I have achieved what I set out to do.

To finish a song is the best feeling in the world.

I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me.

So, once I've written a song, you know, I'm pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms.

There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.

It's so amazing to hear a crowd of people singing one of your songs. It's the best feeling.

I just want to say, creating music with Childish Gambino has been one of the greatest joys of my life.

There's no real high like finishing a new song, playing it a thousand times in your car, and freaking out with your co-writers.

There's a big difference to when you stand up and sing someone else's song, but when you've actually written the song, you feel like you were a part of it, and you're a lot more proud of it.

I'm not a great guitarist, but I do bits and bobs. I'm mainly a songwriter and a composer. I've done a lot of scoring and some stuff for British pop music that did pretty well, but I've mainly been working on my own stuff with Duncan Sheik.

Sometimes I know a film might not pull the audience to the theatres and have a great collection at the box office. But I need to do these films for creative satisfaction and give something different to the audience.

One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written.

I'd love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he's a great songwriter.

Every song I've written is luck, I think; it's luck - 'How did that just happen?'

I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.

My aspirations aren't to sell millions of records, but to write really good songs.

The more I paint the more I like everything.

If I can't sing them myself, there's nothing better than writing songs for other people and watching them be performed. It's kind of more thrilling than doing it yourself.

I really had a great time working with 'Modest Mouse,' just because of the people. I loved writing songs with Isaac Brock, and Jeremiah Green is probably my favorite musician that I've worked with.

It varies from song to song, although Buck Owens and I recently collaborated on writing a duet together and am looking forward with a great deal of anticipation to recording that track for the new studio album.

My main concern is getting out an album that I feel really proud of.

A close girlfriend of mine and I have been writing and playing together for years and decided to make it official, so we formed a band called 'Everly.'

It feels so satisfying to hear a song I wrote come out of the radio.

So, once I get writing I really try and put five to eight hours a day in my room with a guitar to really try and come up with stuff that feels interesting enough to me to keep it.