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" For dramas, I love 'Downton Abbey.' I'm a sucker for the BBC. "

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" Music really does make you feel better. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I was always sort of mystified and excited about the world of country music. Something about it struck me as enchanted. "

" When people see a talented girl, it calls to mind the very rare breed of women who have managed to succeed. If I were a dude with the exact same voice, band and songs, I doubt they'd compare me to Sheryl Crow. But hey, I'm not complaining. Big fish, small pond. "

" The rainy season in Vermont is not long, but it definitely gets gloomy. "

" I think that being precious and rock and roll should never go together. "

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

" Ever since I was a little girl, I loved dressing up. "

" Dr. Dog is good summer music. "

" 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. "

" Mick Jagger knows how to run a show. It's all about pacing. It's not a sprint, it's a marathon. His output is amazing, but his movements are subtle. As I get older, I'll have to adhere to these rules. "

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

" I grew up spending summer Saturdays at the local farmers' market, where my mom was a vendor. It fueled my passion for regional foods. "

" 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. "

" Follow your path unapologetically. Be compassionate. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Donna Summer was such a genius. "

" I hate long pants. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm really into poetry. "

" 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. "