Thank God for Occupy and thank God for ‘The Daily Show,’ Colbert and the rising up that’s going on around the world.
BONNIE RAITTI learned by experience that you can change your circumstance. It’s as simple as the serenity prayer; it’s a very, very real thing.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.
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The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.
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The anti-nuke movement has important and far-reaching implications for grassroots organizing.
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I’m sure I would have been considered a more significant artist if I was a singer-songwriter. It’s just not the way I roll. I love being a curator and a musicologist.
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It’s incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.
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There’s a balance between ballads and kick-ass songs.
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When they were putting oil rigs up and down the California coast, the whole issue of safe energy and the addiction to fossil fuels really came into focus.
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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’ve watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me.
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I was already doing really well in terms of my goals, to keep my fans coming back.
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Im happy to say that at 62, I think Ive reached that point where stuff doesnt bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up.
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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 don’t know if I’m a heroine; I’m just somebody that can cheer the troops by singing to folks, and have receptions after the show, and tithe a dollar of every ticket sale for all kinds of different great charities and social action groups.
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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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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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