Valerie June Quotes

When I was 15, I begged my grandfather to give me this guitar he'd always had in the back of his closet. I promised him I'd learn to play it, but I never did. Then my grandfather died, and I felt so guilty. So I started playing.

Valerie June

• Learn
• Guitar
• Guilty
• Grandfather

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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. I promised him I'd learn to play it, but I never did. Then my grandfather died, and I felt so guilty. So I started playing.

  

  Valerie June
  • Learn
  • Guitar
  • Guilty