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" For all the flack that we get for becoming successful, you get people who really respect how firmly planted our feet have been in Vermont. "

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" I think that identity and sort of the brand - I hate that word - the brand of the musician should be malleable. It should change, and it should grow. "

" I'm a very loud and outspoken creature. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Robert Plant, Kenny Chesney, Mavis Staples, Taj Mahal, this incredible array of folks, all taught me a way to carry yourself with dignity. "

" Tearing down an old house and building a new one is the most wasteful thing we do as humans. "

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

" 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. "

" When I'm onstage, I have to have primer. Actually, the more primer, the less makeup I have to put on. "

" I know what it takes to gain a fan. "

" My dad turned me onto Led Zeppelin, the Stones, and the Who, but Madonna and pop music came from my mom. "

" 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. "

" I was like a closet makeup fiend as a little girl because I knew that I would be guffawed at in school if I wore too much makeup. "

" There's definitely no subtlety in what I do. When you want to get your face melted, you come to a Grace Potter and the Nocturnals concert. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Love yourself. Then find something to love beyond yourself. "

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

" I love making savory stratas for Christmas morning. I get excited about it. It's a polenta strata with homemade bread, with a billion eggs and Parmesan cheese. I'll drizzle truffle oil over the whole thing, which will just destroy people. It's amazing. "

" I'm really into poetry. "

" Music really does make you feel better. "

" I was a general contractor when I was paying for my first record. "

" I've been singing since I could talk. I started playing the piano when I was about 5 or 6. I picked up the guitar on my 20th birthday. "

" We are definitely a team, from each band member to our management/booking agent. I like to be as involved as possible with business decisions, but at a certain point, it's important to me to step aside and let the professionals do their thing. "

" You shouldn't feel judged when you are dancing or singing at the top of your lungs or existing in a maximum-expression way. "

" The limitations and parameters of a band is something I've always enjoyed: so many creative people coming together and raising the music to places we'd never get on our own. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "