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" We are all just the tip of a pinprick of the millions of things that had to happen in order for us to be here. "
Grace Potter
Things
Order
Happen
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" 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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Good
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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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People
" I love cooking... I'm quite domestic. "
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Quite
Love
" For dramas, I love 'Downton Abbey.' I'm a sucker for the BBC. "
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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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You
Know
Kind
" Tearing down an old house and building a new one is the most wasteful thing we do as humans. "
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House
Most
" Music needs to move forward. "
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Forward
Move
" 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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Loved
Experience
Farmers
" It's easy for me to write songs but hard for me to write an album; that's been my experience. "
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Write
Hard
" 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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Me
Home
People
" 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. "
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Life
Comfort
Moments
" 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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Spooky
Rock
Parents
" You have to be a part of the conversation if you want to change the conversation. "
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Want
You
Change
" Food has always been a passion for me from a very young age. "
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Young
Always
Food
" I usually start with a lyric or a melody and then build a song around that. "
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Build
Song
Then
" Follow your path unapologetically. Be compassionate. "
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Path
Your
Compassionate
" 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. "
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Think
Bad
Country
" My dad turned me onto Led Zeppelin, the Stones, and the Who, but Madonna and pop music came from my mom. "
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Music
Mom
" 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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Beginning
" 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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Successful
" 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. "
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Band
Care
" 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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Girl
Sexy
Shoes
" I think that being precious and rock and roll should never go together. "
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" 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. "
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Constantly
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" I was kind of a troublemaker, believe it or not. "
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