I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.
BONNIE RAITTYou create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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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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The anti-nuke movement has important and far-reaching implications for grassroots organizing.
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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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Distribution has really changed. You can make a record with a laptop in the morning and have it up on YouTube in the afternoon and be a star overnight.
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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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I’m happy to have been a positive influence.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Whether you’re playing it on the guitar or on the dance floor, you’re in that moment.
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We did a two month tour with Taj Mahal that was really healing and cathartic and a good distraction after my brother passed away. Then I knew I wanted to take a year off, and it was really nice to have that chance to fall apart.
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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 made my first album, and I guess it wasn’t a fluke, because now I’m on my 16th.
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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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With slide guitar, you’re just hanging this piece of glass on your hand. It’s a really beautiful instrument in that it’s so responsive, you’re just slipping your hand back and forth.
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I’ve watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me.
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Sometimes I’m more true when I’m up onstage than I’m able to be in my regular life. It’s not as exciting to be at home, but I’ve got to learn how to make that work, and then I will be an ordinary woman.
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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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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 finally learned to accept that I can’t make radio play blues any more than I could get Reagan out of the White House.
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Life gets mighty precious when there’s less of it to waste.
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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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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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