Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.
BONNIE RAITTWith the new ways of getting music out, you don’t need a label if you’re a legacy artist.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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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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I don’t think there’s ever been any music quite like what we came up with.
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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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I’m happy to have been a positive influence.
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In 1967 I entered Harvard as a freshman, confident – in the way that only 17-year-olds are – that I could change the world.
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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 like to think I get better with age, but maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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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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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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It’s incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.
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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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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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I grew up in Los Angeles in a Quaker family, and for me being Quaker was a political calling rather than a religious one.
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It is still a surprise when people tell me that I’ve had an influence on them, particularly when it’s someone I really respect.
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The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.
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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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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 think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.
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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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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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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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The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.
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There’s a balance between ballads and kick-ass songs.
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Life gets mighty precious when there’s less of it to waste.
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I think we have responsibilities to be active in the things we believe in, regardless of what our job is.
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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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