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" Dr. Dog is good summer music. "
Grace Potter
Good
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" 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. "
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" When I'm onstage, I have to have primer. Actually, the more primer, the less makeup I have to put on. "
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" I think that being precious and rock and roll should never go together. "
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" 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. "
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" Music really does make you feel better. "
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" The rainy season in Vermont is not long, but it definitely gets gloomy. "
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" 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. "
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" I was always sort of mystified and excited about the world of country music. Something about it struck me as enchanted. "
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" I don't have any kids of my own, but I love my band, and I love the people I'm around and taking care of them. "
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" I was kind of a troublemaker, believe it or not. "
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" I was a general contractor when I was paying for my first record. "
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" When we were recording 'This is Somewhere,' we were still super green, super from Vermont, super not knowing what to do. "
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" I loved the experience of going to the farmers' market, seeing where your food is grown, turning it into something delicious. "
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" I'm really into poetry. "
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" We are all just the tip of a pinprick of the millions of things that had to happen in order for us to be here. "
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" 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. "
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" For dramas, I love 'Downton Abbey.' I'm a sucker for the BBC. "
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" I'm very much a word-centric writer, and that comes from the literature and the reading that I did as kid and also the films and mythology and stories. "
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" Think about what makes a band burn out. They get too successful too fast. And then they take it for granted. And they get entitled. And they get picky. We don't ever allow ourselves that possibility. "
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" I hear it all the time: 'What happened to the Grace Potter who didn't used to wear makeup?' "
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" My dad turned me onto Led Zeppelin, the Stones, and the Who, but Madonna and pop music came from my mom. "
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" I was a bit of a film nerd as a kid. "
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" Food has always been a passion for me from a very young age. "
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" I've seen Coldplay live a couple of times, and you feel like you just got rained over with glorious, glowing love. That's a good feeling to leave people with. "
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" I see musicians like Bonnie Raitt and Emmylou Harris as more than just musical icons: they are planets, with a gravitational pull - from how they flip their hair just-so when they bow, right down to their hearty backstage banter. It takes decades to learn the innuendos of being gracious and genuine all at once. "
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" I've gone from wearing jeans and cowboy boots to wearing miniskirts and gold tassels and high heels. I'm sure I'm not going to dress that way forever. It's going to change again and again. "
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" A lot of the themes that I write about are an affirmation of our existence on earth and making people feel like they are not alone, and making them feel like it is OK to be a little bit insane. That has always been sort of my credo in life. "
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" Robert Plant, Kenny Chesney, Mavis Staples, Taj Mahal, this incredible array of folks, all taught me a way to carry yourself with dignity. "
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