Q. How do you think your fans from the jam band scene, who know you primarily for your retro-rocking side, will react to the new stuff?

A. Well, I’ve always had this under my skin. As a kid I was not a tomboy, I was a total girl wearing tutus and red shoes. I had a little bit of a Suri Cruise thing.

Q. So all this time people were thinking Grace Potter was a hippie earth mama but actually you’re Carrie Bradshaw?

A. Exactly [laughs]. It’s funny that the perception turned that way because I didn’t mean for it to, because I just didn’t know how to be myself in public. I felt like people weren’t going to take me seriously if I was prancing around in cute dresses and makeup.

<a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/05/25/grace_potter_new_sound_new_attitude/">Boston Globe</a>