I’ve watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me.
BONNIE RAITTThe fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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I’m one of those people who just doesn’t plan my personal life. I plan my professional life.
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In my early twenties, if I wasn’t getting good enough at it, then people would not come and see me. Anybody who has lasted this long – I hope we get better with age.
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I think my fans would be upset if I confined my shows to one city for a long period of time.
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Leading a band and producing yourself and picking cool tunes and putting a show together takes a lot of thought, and a certain amount of courage.
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Ugly ducklings don’t turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.
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Those of us who grew up in the ’50s and ’60s, we had the dream that this could be turned around, and the earth could be back in balance, and that we could level the playing field with men and women and pay, and you know, minority groups having equal opportunity.
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We can choose, you know, we ain’t no amoeba.
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Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp.
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I can’t make you love me, if you don’t.
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You don’t have to look a certain way to have a hit record.
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If we are truly each other’s keepers, let’s support school lunches, food stamps, neighborhood garden projects, and so many other wonderful programs working to put an end to this cruel and needless blight once and for all.
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I like to think I get better with age, but maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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I think we have responsibilities to be active in the things we believe in, regardless of what our job is.
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Sometimes I’m more true when I’m up onstage than I’m able to be in my regular life. It’s not as exciting to be at home, but I’ve got to learn how to make that work, and then I will be an ordinary woman.
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Really important issues are getting lost, so I can say I’m glad to be a citizen of the planet and do my part.
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