I made my first album, and I guess it wasn’t a fluke, because now I’m on my 16th.
BONNIE RAITTI’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.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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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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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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You know, a lot of people feel that sobriety is about just stopping using whatever it was that you appeared to be addicted to, but it really has to do with a way of looking at your life and taking accountability.
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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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Those of us who grew up in the ’50s and ’60s, we had the dream that this could be turned around, and the earth could be back in balance, and that we could level the playing field with men and women and pay, and you know, minority groups having equal opportunity.
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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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I’m one of those people who just doesn’t plan my personal life. I plan my professional life.
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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 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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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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I don’t want to sound like a self-help book, but it really has been transformative for me to take a look at my relationships in a new way and see my part in them. Everybody’s going through that.
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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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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 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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