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" There are daily stresses on the road, but when everyone gets fed, everyone gets happy. Simple. "
Grace Potter
Everyone
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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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" Dr. Dog is good summer music. "
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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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" For dramas, I love 'Downton Abbey.' I'm a sucker for the BBC. "
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" I love Kind bars - I seriously always have them in my purse because they're so yummy. "
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" Any time you write a song, you kind of know what you want from it. You know what you're getting from it. "
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" When I'm onstage, I have to have primer. Actually, the more primer, the less makeup I have to put on. "
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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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" My parents raised me on Spooky Tooth and The Band, Derek and the Dominoes, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, all that stuff. Rock n' roll was just in my subconscious. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" There's nothing less sexy than a girl falling over on stage. I have fallen once, but it had nothing to do with my shoes. I'm legally blind, so I fell over a monitor because the stage was black, and I had no depth perception. Mortifying. "
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" You shouldn't feel judged when you are dancing or singing at the top of your lungs or existing in a maximum-expression way. "
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" I really love what Chuck Berry did with Christmas music, and also the Rat Pack Christmas stuff, which I listened to all through my childhood. "
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" Food has always been a passion for me from a very young age. "
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" I was always sort of mystified and excited about the world of country music. Something about it struck me as enchanted. "
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" I love 'New Girl.' I think it's so fun. "
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" Every single song I write has to feel like it has a beginning, middle, and end, like a movie or a short story. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I loved the experience of going to the farmers' market, seeing where your food is grown, turning it into something delicious. "
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" I was a bit of a film nerd as a kid. "
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" The rainy season in Vermont is not long, but it definitely gets gloomy. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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