How unthinkable that, in a country of such bursting plenty, so many people are facing ongoing hunger and poverty.
BONNIE RAITTHow unthinkable that, in a country of such bursting plenty, so many people are facing ongoing hunger and poverty.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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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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With slide guitar, you’re just hanging this piece of glass on your hand. It’s a really beautiful instrument in that it’s so responsive, you’re just slipping your hand back and forth.
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I’ve watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me.
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Solar power is the last energy resource that isn’t owned yet – nobody taxes the sun yet.
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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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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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I think we have responsibilities to be active in the things we believe in, regardless of what our job is.
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In 1967 I entered Harvard as a freshman, confident – in the way that only 17-year-olds are – that I could change the world.
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I learned by experience that you can change your circumstance. It’s as simple as the serenity prayer; it’s a very, very real thing.
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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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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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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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I made my first album, and I guess it wasn’t a fluke, because now I’m on my 16th.
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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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My love was Bob Dylan, but as I got older I realized a good ballad was a good ballad.
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