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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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" Any time you write a song, you kind of know what you want from it. You know what you're getting from it. "

" Obvious is not my forte. I take a left turn right when everybody thinks I'm going to go straight. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Voting is something that we all have a right to. It's not something that we have to do... it's absolutely an honor and a great opportunity to be heard. "

" Robert Plant, Kenny Chesney, Mavis Staples, Taj Mahal, this incredible array of folks, all taught me a way to carry yourself with dignity. "

" When I was a kid, I listened to the Doors and the Eagles and bands like the Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, and Blondie. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I grew up and went to school, all the cool kids were in Carhartts and Mudd boots, and they were listening to the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers and driving Volkswagens. "

" 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. "

" Love yourself. Then find something to love beyond yourself. "

" 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. "

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

" I think that identity and sort of the brand - I hate that word - the brand of the musician should be malleable. It should change, and it should grow. "

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

" 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've seen Coldplay live a couple of times, and you feel like you just got rained over with glorious, glowing love. That's a good feeling to leave people with. "

" 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.' "

" I'm really into poetry. "