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.
BONNIE RAITTYou don’t have to look a certain way to have a hit record.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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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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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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Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.
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I think we have responsibilities to be active in the things we believe in, regardless of what our job is.
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I’m happy to have been a positive influence.
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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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With the new ways of getting music out, you don’t need a label if you’re a legacy artist.
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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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I think my fans would be upset if I confined my shows to one city for a long period of time.
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I can’t make you love me, if you don’t.
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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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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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You don’t have to look a certain way to have a hit record.
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I’m in a relationship, and I’ve been in one in a while, but all the people I’ve been with at various points – and I’ve had sequentially monogamous relationships my whole life – were all the right people at the right time.
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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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