There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders’ contribution … the tone is everything
BONNIE RAITTReally important issues are getting lost, so I can say I’m glad to be a citizen of the planet and do my part.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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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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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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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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I thought I had to live that partying lifestyle in order to be authentic, but in fact if you keep it up too long, all you’re going to be is sloppy or dead.
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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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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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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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We can choose, you know, we ain’t no amoeba.
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I like to think I get better with age, but maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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The anti-nuke movement has important and far-reaching implications for grassroots organizing.
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There’s a balance between ballads and kick-ass songs.
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I think that we have a unique opportunity as performers and artists to be kind of the town criers and also to get more people to listen, so that’s a blessing and a responsibility that I take very seriously.
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I can’t make you love me, if you don’t.
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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’m one of those people who just doesn’t plan my personal life. I plan my professional life.
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