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Creativity Quote by Amy Grant

"Since I travel so much, it's always great to be home. There's nothing like getting to raid my own refrigerator at two in the morning"

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Home, in Amy Grant's telling, isn't a metaphor. It's a fridge door cracking open at 2 a.m., a small, glorious act of privacy after living out of suitcases and tour buses. The line works because it refuses the grand language artists are often expected to use about "roots" or "belonging". Instead, it plants the feeling in something stubbornly physical: hunger, habit, and the comfort of not performing for anyone.

Grant's intent is disarming relatability, but the subtext is sharper: travel turns even the most ordinary autonomy into a luxury. On the road, your body runs on other people's schedules, catering, green rooms, hotel minibars, and the constant low-grade negotiation of being a public person. "My own refrigerator" isn't just food storage; it's jurisdiction. It's proof of a life that isn't rented by the night or managed by an itinerary.

There's also a gentle comedy in the specificity of "two in the morning". It's the hour of insomnia, jet lag, post-show adrenaline, the weird limbo where you need something grounding and you're tired of being "on". The joke lands because it doesn't feel like a joke crafted for applause; it feels like something said mid-laugh to a friend who gets it.

Context matters, too. Grant's career spans decades of clean-cut fame and crossover success, worlds where wholesomeness can become a brand. This quote sneaks past the polish. It humanizes celebrity without begging for sympathy: the reward for all that movement is the right to be unremarkably, messily yourself.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Grant, Amy. (2026, January 16). Since I travel so much, it's always great to be home. There's nothing like getting to raid my own refrigerator at two in the morning. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/since-i-travel-so-much-its-always-great-to-be-134288/

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Grant, Amy. "Since I travel so much, it's always great to be home. There's nothing like getting to raid my own refrigerator at two in the morning." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/since-i-travel-so-much-its-always-great-to-be-134288/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Since I travel so much, it's always great to be home. There's nothing like getting to raid my own refrigerator at two in the morning." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/since-i-travel-so-much-its-always-great-to-be-134288/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Amy Grant (born November 25, 1960) is a Musician from USA.

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