It’s incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.
BONNIE RAITTIt’s incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.
BONNIE RAITTIt can unite kids and musicians, everybody, whether they’re leftist or rightist, or radical, or Republican, because energy is energy. But in fact, it is a real political struggle – it shows people that it’s big business against the people.
BONNIE RAITTHow unthinkable that, in a country of such bursting plenty, so many people are facing ongoing hunger and poverty.
BONNIE RAITTThose of us who grew up in the ’50s and ’60s, we had the dream that this could be turned around, and the earth could be back in balance, and that we could level the playing field with men and women and pay, and you know, minority groups having equal opportunity.
BONNIE RAITTThe fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.
BONNIE RAITTIt is still a surprise when people tell me that I’ve had an influence on them, particularly when it’s someone I really respect.
BONNIE RAITTWhether you’re playing it on the guitar or on the dance floor, you’re in that moment.
BONNIE RAITTIm happy to say that at 62, I think Ive reached that point where stuff doesnt bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up.
BONNIE RAITTI have a really full life, both within music and outside it.
BONNIE RAITTNobody went out to pasture, and a lot of people are doing their best work. Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and Sting are at the top of their game.
BONNIE RAITTI’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.
BONNIE RAITTIn blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.
BONNIE RAITTYou create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true.
BONNIE RAITTI’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 RAITTI finally learned to accept that I can’t make radio play blues any more than I could get Reagan out of the White House.
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.
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