My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby – nothing more.
BONNIE RAITTI think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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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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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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We can choose, you know, we ain’t no amoeba.
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Leading a band and producing yourself and picking cool tunes and putting a show together takes a lot of thought, and a certain amount of courage.
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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 have been really heartened by how much coverage there has been about inequality of pay across the board, between the entertainment industry and almost every industry worldwide.
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Thank God for Occupy and thank God for ‘The Daily Show,’ Colbert and the rising up that’s going on around the world.
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The anti-nuke movement has important and far-reaching implications for grassroots organizing.
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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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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 was already doing really well in terms of my goals, to keep my fans coming back.
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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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You don’t have to look a certain way to have a hit record.
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I didn’t have to be a pop singer with a certain look. When I started, there was really a revolution in natural artists with blues and folk artists crossing over; otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to get started.
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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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