One of the biggest obstacles I’ve overcome in my life was thinking I didn’t deserve to be successful.
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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You don’t have to look a certain way to have a hit record.
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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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Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp.
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I’m glad I get singled out for my slide guitar-playing, which isn’t that difficult to do. I didn’t take guitar lessons, but I just love the way it sounds, almost like the human voice.
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Distribution has really changed. You can make a record with a laptop in the morning and have it up on YouTube in the afternoon and be a star overnight.
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In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.
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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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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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I’m one of those people who just doesn’t plan my personal life. I plan my professional life.
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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 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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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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Whether you’re playing it on the guitar or on the dance floor, you’re in that moment.
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And just the problem of young women not getting an education, not being able to have an equal position in the cultures all around the world.
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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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