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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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" What I'm wearing changes everything about how the show goes. If I'm wearing blue jeans and flannel, it's going to be a country show, and I'm going to get my twang on. But if I'm wearing a flapper dress, fringe or sequins, I'm rocking out, Tina Turner style. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" Music really does make you feel better. "

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm quite a nurturing person, and I'm more a mom than a crazy, partying rock star. "

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

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

" I dance all the time. I'm almost constantly moving. "

" There are daily stresses on the road, but when everyone gets fed, everyone gets happy. Simple. "

" 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. "

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

" Set lists are like movies. They need a great beginning, a dynamic shift in the middle, and bang at the end. "

" Dr. Dog is good summer music. "

" 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. "

" Donna Summer was such a genius. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm really into poetry. "