Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp.
BONNIE RAITTIt can unite kids and musicians, everybody, whether they’re leftist or rightist, or radical, or Republican, because energy is energy. But in fact, it is a real political struggle – it shows people that it’s big business against the people.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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And just the problem of young women not getting an education, not being able to have an equal position in the cultures all around the world.
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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’ll close my eyes, so I won’t see, all of the love that you don’t feel for me.
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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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My love was Bob Dylan, but as I got older I realized a good ballad was a good ballad.
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Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.
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I made my first album, and I guess it wasn’t a fluke, because now I’m on my 16th.
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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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The experiences of life make all your emotions, I think, deeper.
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Even if the writers don’t get paid enough most of the time, unfortunately – but there’s never been a more amazing flow of information on all of the issues. I would love to see a revival of what we had against the war in the ’60s – we could do thes
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I think that we have a unique opportunity as performers and artists to be kind of the town criers and also to get more people to listen, so that’s a blessing and a responsibility that I take very seriously.
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Distribution has really changed. You can make a record with a laptop in the morning and have it up on YouTube in the afternoon and be a star overnight.
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I can’t make you love me if you don’t, You can’t make your heart feel something it won’t.
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I have been really heartened by how much coverage there has been about inequality of pay across the board, between the entertainment industry and almost every industry worldwide.
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One of the biggest obstacles I’ve overcome in my life was thinking I didn’t deserve to be successful.
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I finally learned to accept that I can’t make radio play blues any more than I could get Reagan out of the White House.
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I’ve been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by traveling around and by spending time with people I admire.
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With the new ways of getting music out, you don’t need a label if you’re a legacy artist.
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A lot of political music to me can be rather pedantic and corny, and when it’s done right – like Bruce Springsteen or Jackson Browne or great satire from Randy Newman, there’s nothing better.
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I’m in a relationship, and I’ve been in one in a while, but all the people I’ve been with at various points – and I’ve had sequentially monogamous relationships my whole life – were all the right people at the right time.
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The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.
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Nobody went out to pasture, and a lot of people are doing their best work. Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and Sting are at the top of their game.
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I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I’m in a position where people are willing to play with me, and perhaps I can do something to help them.
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The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.
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People write me letters and thank me for turning them on to Fred McDowell and Sippie Wallace, and that’s partly my job this time around.
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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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