The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes.
BONNIE RAITTThose of us who grew up in the ’50s and ’60s, we had the dream that this could be turned around, and the earth could be back in balance, and that we could level the playing field with men and women and pay, and you know, minority groups having equal opportunity.
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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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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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I’ve watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me.
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The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.
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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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We can choose, you know, we ain’t no amoeba.
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You create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true.
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You don’t have to look a certain way to have a hit record.
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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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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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The talent on YouTube is incredible, and it can spread like wildfire. The downside is that it’s very hard to convince the younger generation that they should pay for music.
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There are a lot of people that never get their stories told.
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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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The experiences of life make all your emotions, I think, deeper.
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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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