Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp.
BONNIE RAITTSolar power is the last energy resource that isn’t owned yet – nobody taxes the sun yet.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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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 don’t want to discredit people’s opinions of me, but you talk about the violin or the cello or lead guitar where you have to learn tons of chords, that’s much more difficult.
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When you love a song so much you have to sing, you know how you feel – it releases something in you that resonates as true, whether it’s James Brown or Joni Mitchell.
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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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There are a lot of people that never get their stories told.
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I thought I had to live that partying lifestyle in order to be authentic, but in fact if you keep it up too long, all you’re going to be is sloppy or dead.
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The fact is that this conversation is going on at every level at every age, we’re all going, “God, what a jerk I’ve been,” “How could I have married that guy?” or “How could I have done this or that?” With time, this is the gift of being older, that you get to look back and say, “It wasn’t all about them.”
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Ugly ducklings don’t turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.
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One of the biggest obstacles I’ve overcome in my life was thinking I didn’t deserve to be successful.
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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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Even if the writers don’t get paid enough most of the time, unfortunately – but there’s never been a more amazing flow of information on all of the issues. I would love to see a revival of what we had against the war in the ’60s – we could do thes
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My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby – nothing more.
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If we are truly each other’s keepers, let’s support school lunches, food stamps, neighborhood garden projects, and so many other wonderful programs working to put an end to this cruel and needless blight once and for all.
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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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With the new ways of getting music out, you don’t need a label if you’re a legacy artist.
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