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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" Follow your path unapologetically. Be compassionate. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I worked extremely hard at my craft and at being a good songwriter, being a good guitar player, being a good organist, because I didn't think people would take me seriously. "

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

" I loved the experience of going to the farmers' market, seeing where your food is grown, turning it into something delicious. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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'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. "

" I'm legally blind in one eye, and one eye is a totally different size than the other, and I have, like, a weird crossed-eye thing. "

" 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.' "

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

" I usually start with a lyric or a melody and then build a song around that. "

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

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

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

" I love a great pair of shoes, and as long as I feel like I can walk in them, I can dance in them. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "