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.
BONNIE RAITTThe 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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The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes.
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Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn’t mean that artists from the rock n’ roll/folk-roots culture – of which he was not really a part – shouldn’t get better as they get older, like the great jazz or blues artists.
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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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I made my first album, and I guess it wasn’t a fluke, because now I’m on my 16th.
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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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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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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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Solar power is the last energy resource that isn’t owned yet – nobody taxes the sun yet.
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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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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’m happy to have been a positive influence.
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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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And just the problem of young women not getting an education, not being able to have an equal position in the cultures all around the world.
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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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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 can’t make you love me, if you don’t.
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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 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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Whether you’re playing it on the guitar or on the dance floor, you’re in that moment.
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I have a really full life, both within music and outside it.
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In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.
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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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I’m honored when young people say they’ve gone to school on slide guitar with my records. But people get their influence from my live shows and records and YouTube, not me personally.
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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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There are a lot of people that never get their stories told.
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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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