I made my first album, and I guess it wasn’t a fluke, because now I’m on my 16th.
BONNIE RAITTThere were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late ’60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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I learned by experience that you can change your circumstance. It’s as simple as the serenity prayer; it’s a very, very real thing.
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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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I can’t make you love me, if you don’t.
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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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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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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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Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp.
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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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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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I’m one of those people who just doesn’t plan my personal life. I plan my professional life.
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There’s a balance between ballads and kick-ass songs.
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There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders’ contribution … the tone is everything
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How unthinkable that, in a country of such bursting plenty, so many people are facing ongoing hunger and poverty.
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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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I like to think I get better with age, but maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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