Bonnie Raitt on careers
Bonnie Raitt42 quotes“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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Remember that time you tried to hump the bridge?
Brent WeeksBrent Weeks I didn’t have the time to literally write and draw the strip at the same time.
Bob KaneBob Kane Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a ‘possum stuck in your collar?
Bill WattersonBill Watterson You don’t have to look a certain way to have a hit record.
Bonnie RaittBonnie Raitt We just magically thought this was all going to happen: we were going to have clean food, and organic this, and conscious that, and it just didn’t happen.
Bonnie RaittBonnie Raitt We can live in fear or act out of hope.
Bonnie RaittBonnie Raitt The connection between toxicity and cancer and safe air and water and food, all of that was important all along, as were women’s and human rights issues, but the nuke issue and the safe energy movement became really important to me in the mid-’70s.
Bonnie RaittBonnie Raitt 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.
Bonnie RaittBonnie Raitt How I measure success is getting to make another record and being able to the come back to the same town and play again cause you sold out the last time.
Bonnie RaittBonnie Raitt I can’t make you love me if you don’t, You can’t make your heart feel something it won’t.
Bonnie RaittBonnie Raitt In 1967 I entered Harvard as a freshman, confident – in the way that only 17-year-olds are – that I could change the world.
Bonnie RaittBonnie Raitt If we are truly each other’s keepers, let’s support school lunches, food stamps, neighborhood garden projects, and so many other wonderful programs working to put an end to this cruel and needless blight once and for all.
Bonnie RaittBonnie Raitt I was already doing really well in terms of my goals, to keep my fans coming back.
Bonnie RaittBonnie Raitt There’s a balance between ballads and kick-ass songs.
Bonnie RaittBonnie Raitt I’m proud of the way I rearrange and put things together, like a chef who makes a great meal, or a filmmaker who puts together a story – it’s casting, editing, cinematography.
Bonnie RaittBonnie Raitt The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.
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Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
Mariya FedulovaMariya Fedulova Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
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I used to follow celebrities, and I remember I watched Sanjay Dutt and Pooja Bhatt shooting for ‘Sadak’. I was standing on the road at three in the night, but little did I know that I would be making a film with Sanjay at some point in my career.
Boman IraniBoman Irani I don’t need to have a retirement, retire your jersey, all that stuff to solidify my career.
Brett FavreBrett Favre Having an enviable career is one thing. Being a happy person is another
Bill WattersonBill Watterson The things Elvis has done during his career and the things he has contributed and created are really something very important to the music business.
Bing CrosbyBing Crosby I had a great tennis career. I have no regrets. But to find peace with yourself, and to finally be with your family – I’m probably the happiest guy in the world.
Bjorn BorgBjorn Borg I always wanted to have a career that would keep me at home in New York so I can work in the theater all the time and be involved in the creative process from the ground up.
Bobby CannavaleBobby Cannavale Still, it’s tough trying to combine my acting career with my college career.
Beverley MitchellBeverley Mitchell A lot of people in Hollywood, and everywhere pretty much, operate on fear. No one wants to get fired, so everyone’s scared to take a chance.
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