When they were putting oil rigs up and down the California coast, the whole issue of safe energy and the addiction to fossil fuels really came into focus.
BONNIE RAITTI’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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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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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 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 was already doing really well in terms of my goals, to keep my fans coming back.
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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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The one thing I know is that if you’re not paying attention, it will come back to bite you.
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How unthinkable that, in a country of such bursting plenty, so many people are facing ongoing hunger and poverty.
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People write me letters and thank me for turning them on to Fred McDowell and Sippie Wallace, and that’s partly my job this time around.
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I can’t make you love me, if you don’t.
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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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With the new ways of getting music out, you don’t need a label if you’re a legacy artist.
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There are a lot of people that never get their stories told.
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I don’t want to discredit people’s opinions of me, but you talk about the violin or the cello or lead guitar where you have to learn tons of chords, that’s much more difficult.
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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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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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