I don’t think there’s ever been any music quite like what we came up with.
BONNIE RAITTThe great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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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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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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I was already doing really well in terms of my goals, to keep my fans coming back.
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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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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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How I measure success is getting to make another record and being able to the come back to the same town and play again cause you sold out the last time.
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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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The women’s movement resurgence of standing up for so many things that were kind of sleepy there for a decade or so, there’s been a reawakening and I think the consciousness movement in general is dovetailing with a lot of recovery and self-empowerment.
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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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How unthinkable that, in a country of such bursting plenty, so many people are facing ongoing hunger and poverty.
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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 didn’t have to be a pop singer with a certain look. When I started, there was really a revolution in natural artists with blues and folk artists crossing over; otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to get started.
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I don’t know that I’m unique in that people relate to my music, but I would hope people would say that I’m honest and that I do the best work I can possibly do instead of coasting.
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The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.
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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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