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" Being on a major label is like living at your friend's parent's mansion: It's a lot nicer than any apartment we could afford, and the fridge is always full of food. "

Grace Potter

Food

Always

Friend

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" I'm from Vermont, where to be stylish and cool is to have a dirty pair of hiking boots and know how to change a tire, hang drywall, and bale hay. Those people are my home, and every time I come home, it reminds me that there's something to be said for being in the spotlight, but it can never be a whole part of me. "

Grace Potter

Home

People

" I think I knew when I was about 2 and a half that I wanted to be a singer. "

" I admire pop stars, and there's parts of that world I'm glad I don't have to go through. It takes a lot of work to do the things they do. "

" I know it's strange, but I've always had a better time with other people's wild ideas. Coming up with my own is a deeply emotional and challenging thing to do. "

" I love a great pair of shoes, and as long as I feel like I can walk in them, I can dance in them. "

" I love 'New Girl.' I think it's so fun. "

" I always think it's a little bit of a challenge when people sort of associate female artists as their own genre. "

" In a lot of ways, the Nocturnals are a safety net and a beautiful, beautiful blanket. All the life and music we've woven makes it so much more than a name on a marquee. But I realized the Nocturnals aren't me but a part of me... so it's natural to want to grow. "

Grace Potter

Beautiful

Life

" I'm not capable of wielding the guitar like Jimmy Page, one of my all-time favorite guitarists. My skill set is more based on the grinding, sort of human heartbeat - almost playing the guitar more like a drum. "

" Being a rock and roll band is about spending time on the details so that you can hone your own identity. "

" Every single song I write has to feel like it has a beginning, middle, and end, like a movie or a short story. "

" It took a lot of years for me to get comfortable, strutting my stuff, dancing like a fool, having that sparkly dress on that says, 'Here I am.' "

Grace Potter

Fool

" As long as you have balance, you can experience all of the things going on in the world and reach out and meet people and try new things, and you shouldn't be judged for it. "

" You have to be a part of the conversation if you want to change the conversation. "

" Trends suck you in, anywhere in the world, patterns you don't even see. It's so easy. Look at Wall Street - look at any sports team in the world - there are trends. Look at exercising. Nothing but patterns and trends, and that's what I started to see. Like a flock of birds all flying in one direction. "

" With my childhood and growing up in a very free place where my parents were artists and always encouraging me to explore, you wouldn't think I was locked up in my own mind, but I was. "

Grace Potter

Childhood

You

" I loved the experience of going to the farmers' market, seeing where your food is grown, turning it into something delicious. "

" As a kid, I was not a tomboy; I was a total girl wearing tutus and red shoes. "

" So much of myself is consumed with earning my way, doing it myself, and never feeling like things are being handed to you. Growing up that way was humbling. "

" In my mind, an album shouldn't be self-titled unless it feels that way. "

" I hear it all the time: 'What happened to the Grace Potter who didn't used to wear makeup?' "

" When we were recording 'This is Somewhere,' we were still super green, super from Vermont, super not knowing what to do. "

" Living on the road can make you feel quite displaced. Cooking a meal on the tour bus for everyone makes it home. "

" I've gotta long list of things to do, bucket list things - play 'Saturday Night Live,' make a movie. I want a lot of things, but one of my deepest wishes would be to headline - and sell out - Red Rocks. "

" I was a bit of a film nerd as a kid. "

" Food has always been a passion for me from a very young age. "

" When you give your life over to your touring schedule, it's so grueling, you have to have moments where you have your own comfort places. "

" My mom was a piano teacher. It turned into something of a competition between me and her students... I liked the idea that I needed to be better than everybody else. "

" Spirituality is complicated. I do not belong to any particular religious group, but I have profound respect for people who devote their lives to faith. "