Grammy-nominated singer Valerie June: 'I couldn't get out of the bed for a year and a half'

‘I was really, really sick. I would crawl on stage and do my thing and crawl off and just sleep and repeat. That was my life for a decade.’

Valerie June: "The biggest challenge has always been believing in and trusting myself. I do affirmations that keep me motivated."

I grew up in Jackson, Tennessee. It was real rural America; there were only about 8,000 people in the whole town.

I was born singing. I came out and the doctors spanked me on the bottom and I just started singing. I've been singing my whole life ever since.