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.
BONNIE RAITTI’ll close my eyes, so I won’t see, all of the love that you don’t feel for me.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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My career is based on the slow build of an audience based on putting on a good show live and putting out a record every couple of years.
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The experiences of life make all your emotions, I think, deeper.
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In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.
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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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In 1967 I entered Harvard as a freshman, confident – in the way that only 17-year-olds are – that I could change the world.
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There’s a balance between ballads and kick-ass songs.
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You don’t have to look a certain way to have a hit record.
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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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Jazz and blues fests are everywhere now, and Americana is going strong on college radio. What I’m hearing is an appreciation of real music.
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There are a lot of people that never get their stories told.
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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 think my fans would be upset if I confined my shows to one city for a long period of time.
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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 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 can’t make you love me, if you don’t.
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