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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.

Bonnie Raitt

There’s a balance between ballads and kick-ass songs.
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Ass Ballads Between Difference Kick Songs
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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Age Better Enough Getting Good Longer
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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Age Amount Courage Long People Together
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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Consciousness Recovery Resurgence Self Thinking
With the new ways of getting music out, you don’t need a label if you’re a legacy artist.
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Artist Legacy Needs
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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Artist Gratitude Loss Point Reach
It can unite kids and musicians, everybody, whether they’re leftist or rightist, or radical, or Republican, because energy is energy. But in fact, it is a real political struggle – it shows people that it’s big business against the people.
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Energy Radical Real Republican Struggle
Life gets mighty precious when there’s less of it to waste.
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Less Life Mighty Waste
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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Around Partly People Thank Time Write
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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Careers Couple Years
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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Explanation Eye Feels
Solar power is the last energy resource that isn’t owned yet – nobody taxes the sun yet.
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Energy Lasts Sun
In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.
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Age Classical Jazz More
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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Coast Country Focus Issues Oil
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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City Confined One Period Think Time
I have a really full life, both within music and outside it.
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Full Life Music Outside Really

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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