Quotes from Grace Potter

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

I hate long pants.

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.

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

I was, like, a kooky kid, so people thought I was loud, but I really wasn't. I was kind of loud in outbursts. I was like a silent volcano. When I did have something to share, it was very over-the-top. But I've learned to balance that.

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

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

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.

There's something to be said for being sleepy-eyed. I love sleepy eyes - that sort of vulnerability of being slightly discombobulated because you don't know where you are. But I like that vulnerability. It's sexy to me.

For dramas, I love 'Downton Abbey.' I'm a sucker for the BBC.

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.

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 always loved the piano because it's just a bunch of buttons. I like to push buttons.

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

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

Follow your path unapologetically. Be 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.

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.

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.

Think about what makes a band burn out. They get too successful too fast. And then they take it for granted. And they get entitled. And they get picky. We don't ever allow ourselves that possibility.

I hear it all the time: 'What happened to the Grace Potter who didn't used to wear makeup?'

The longevity of a band is really contingent on loving the people that you're making music with and being able to get along in the long run. It's just like being married, except you're married to more than one person!

I love cooking... I'm quite domestic.

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.