I don’t think there’s ever been any music quite like what we came up with.
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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The one thing I know is that if you’re not paying attention, it will come back to bite you.
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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 grew up in Los Angeles in a Quaker family, and for me being Quaker was a political calling rather than a religious one.
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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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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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I don’t know that I’m unique in that people relate to my music, but I would hope people would say that I’m honest and that I do the best work I can possibly do instead of coasting.
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I can’t make you love me if you don’t, You can’t make your heart feel something it won’t.
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I’m sure I would have been considered a more significant artist if I was a singer-songwriter. It’s just not the way I roll. I love being a curator and a musicologist.
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There are a lot of people that never get their stories told.
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I’ll close my eyes, so I won’t see, all of the love that you don’t feel for me.
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My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby – nothing more.
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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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I’m honored when young people say they’ve gone to school on slide guitar with my records. But people get their influence from my live shows and records and YouTube, not me personally.
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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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I didn’t have to be a pop singer with a certain look. When I started, there was really a revolution in natural artists with blues and folk artists crossing over; otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to get started.
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