Quotes from Grace Potter

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

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

I was always sort of mystified and excited about the world of country music. Something about it struck me as enchanted.

I'm a very loud and outspoken creature.

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

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.

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.

When we were recording 'This is Somewhere,' we were still super green, super from Vermont, super not knowing what to do.

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.

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.

Dr. Dog is good summer music.

My mom was a piano teacher. It turned into something of a competition between me and her students... I liked the idea that I needed to be better than everybody else.

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

Love yourself. Then find something to love beyond yourself.

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.