I can’t make you love me, if you don’t.
BONNIE RAITTLife gets mighty precious when there’s less of it to waste.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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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 made my first album, and I guess it wasn’t a fluke, because now I’m on my 16th.
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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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Solar power is the last energy resource that isn’t owned yet – nobody taxes the sun yet.
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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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Thank God for Occupy and thank God for ‘The Daily Show,’ Colbert and the rising up that’s going on around the world.
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Life gets mighty precious when there’s less of it to waste.
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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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Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn’t mean that artists from the rock n’ roll/folk-roots culture – of which he was not really a part – shouldn’t get better as they get older, like the great jazz or blues artists.
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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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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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With the new ways of getting music out, you don’t need a label if you’re a legacy artist.
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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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There are a lot of people that never get their stories told.
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I finally learned to accept that I can’t make radio play blues any more than I could get Reagan out of the White House.
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