You don’t have to look a certain way to have a hit record.
BONNIE RAITTIm 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.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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Whatever role we were in our family of birth, we take on this persona and in your 20s and 30s in particular, you end up thinking that’s you and that isn’t necessarily you.
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Solar power is the last energy resource that isn’t owned yet – nobody taxes the sun yet.
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Really important issues are getting lost, so I can say I’m glad to be a citizen of the planet and do my part.
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Life gets mighty precious when there’s less of it to waste.
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I’m proud of the way I rearrange and put things together, like a chef who makes a great meal, or a filmmaker who puts together a story – it’s casting, editing, cinematography.
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I’m glad I get singled out for my slide guitar-playing, which isn’t that difficult to do. I didn’t take guitar lessons, but I just love the way it sounds, almost like the human voice.
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The one thing I know is that if you’re not paying attention, it will come back to bite you.
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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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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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How unthinkable that, in a country of such bursting plenty, so many people are facing ongoing hunger and poverty.
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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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The experiences of life make all your emotions, I think, deeper.
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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 made my first album, and I guess it wasn’t a fluke, because now I’m on my 16th.
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I don’t think there’s ever been any music quite like what we came up with.
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