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.
BONNIE RAITTSolar power is the last energy resource that isn’t owned yet – nobody taxes the sun yet.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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I don’t want to discredit people’s opinions of me, but you talk about the violin or the cello or lead guitar where you have to learn tons of chords, that’s much more difficult.
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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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It is still a surprise when people tell me that I’ve had an influence on them, particularly when it’s someone I really respect.
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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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I think we have responsibilities to be active in the things we believe in, regardless of what our job is.
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You know, a lot of people feel that sobriety is about just stopping using whatever it was that you appeared to be addicted to, but it really has to do with a way of looking at your life and taking accountability.
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Whether you’re playing it on the guitar or on the dance floor, you’re in that moment.
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How unthinkable that, in a country of such bursting plenty, so many people are facing ongoing hunger and poverty.
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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 thought I had to live that partying lifestyle in order to be authentic, but in fact if you keep it up too long, all you’re going to be is sloppy or dead.
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I’m happy to have been a positive influence.
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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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You don’t have to look a certain way to have a hit record.
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One of the biggest obstacles I’ve overcome in my life was thinking I didn’t deserve to be successful.
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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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