American - Musician | June 20, 1983 -
In my mind, an album shouldn't be self-titled unless it feels that way.
Grace Potter
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In a lot of ways, the Nocturnals are a safety net and a beautiful, beautiful blanket. All the life and music we've woven makes it so much more than a name on a marquee. But I realized the Nocturnals aren't me but a part of me... so it's natural to want to grow.
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Living on the road can make you feel quite displaced. Cooking a meal on the tour bus for everyone makes it home.
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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 was a bit of a film nerd as a kid.
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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.
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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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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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Set lists are like movies. They need a great beginning, a dynamic shift in the middle, and bang at the end.
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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.
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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.
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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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