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" Follow your path unapologetically. Be compassionate. "
Grace Potter
Path
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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. "
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" As a kid, I was not a tomboy; I was a total girl wearing tutus and red shoes. "
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" I love cooking... I'm quite domestic. "
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" What I was drawn to the most about the Flying V was the weight distribution with the way I move on stage. The V just swings perfectly. It's a great way to stay balanced, because I like to dance, and I'm a bit of a flail-er. The guitar centers me, and for me, it's a really good balance. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Honestly, I don't think I ever really was a sweet country girl. I think that was a misconception about me. I was always bad. "
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" 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. "
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" The misconception about the record company is that they were the ones who got me wearing short skirts, or got me to do my hair blond, or got me to dance around onstage and start doing different things with my clothes. No, that was actually all me. "
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" I hate long pants. "
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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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" Food has always been a passion for me from a very young age. "
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" It's easy for me to write songs but hard for me to write an album; that's been my experience. "
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" There are a lot of bands coming up now that are literally thrusting their soul, their passion into something that fans can pay for a ticket to go see, and they know it's going to be awe-inspiring. "
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" 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. "
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" Love yourself. Then find something to love beyond yourself. "
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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'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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" It's funny: when I was a kid, my mom would reorganize the record collection all the time. She'd have classical, she'd have Celtic, she'd have rock and roll, and then she'd have female singers. And I don't like it that female singers are their own genre. "
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