Even if the writers don’t get paid enough most of the time, unfortunately – but there’s never been a more amazing flow of information on all of the issues. I would love to see a revival of what we had against the war in the ’60s – we could do thes
BONNIE RAITTI’ll close my eyes, so I won’t see, all of the love that you don’t feel for me.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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I don’t know if I’m a heroine; I’m just somebody that can cheer the troops by singing to folks, and have receptions after the show, and tithe a dollar of every ticket sale for all kinds of different great charities and social action groups.
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I don’t want to sound like a self-help book, but it really has been transformative for me to take a look at my relationships in a new way and see my part in them. Everybody’s going through that.
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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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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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There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late ’60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind.
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In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.
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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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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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Really 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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Im 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.
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I have been really heartened by how much coverage there has been about inequality of pay across the board, between the entertainment industry and almost every industry worldwide.
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With the new ways of getting music out, you don’t need a label if you’re a legacy artist.
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We did a two month tour with Taj Mahal that was really healing and cathartic and a good distraction after my brother passed away. Then I knew I wanted to take a year off, and it was really nice to have that chance to fall apart.
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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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Jazz and blues fests are everywhere now, and Americana is going strong on college radio. What I’m hearing is an appreciation of real music.
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