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Bonnie Raitt

A lot of political music to me can be rather pedantic and corny, and when it’s done right – like Bruce Springsteen or Jackson Browne or great satire from Randy Newman, there’s nothing better.
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Corny Done Political
Solar power is the last energy resource that isn’t owned yet – nobody taxes the sun yet.
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Energy Lasts Sun
In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.
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Age Classical Jazz More
I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.
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Music Real Thinking
I think we have responsibilities to be active in the things we believe in, regardless of what our job is.
BONNIE RAITT

Believe Jobs Responsibility
The one thing I know is that if you’re not paying attention, it will come back to bite you.
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Attention Bites Knows
I’m happy to have been a positive influence.
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Influence Positive Influence
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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Guitar Human Lessons Voice
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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Afternoon Generations Morning Record Stars
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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City Confined One Period Think Time
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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Careers Couple Years
There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders’ contribution … the tone is everything
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Everything Music Rocks Roll
You create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true.
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Balance Being True Knows
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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Able Home Learn Ordinary Regular
Leading a band and producing yourself and picking cool tunes and putting a show together takes a lot of thought, and a certain amount of courage.
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Age Amount Courage Long People Together
I made my first album, and I guess it wasn’t a fluke, because now I’m on my 16th.
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Albums Firsts Flukes

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