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.
BONNIE RAITTI 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.
More Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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I’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.
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I don’t think there’s ever been any music quite like what we came up with.
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Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.
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I like to think I get better with age, but maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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The fact is that this conversation is going on at every level at every age, we’re all going, “God, what a jerk I’ve been,” “How could I have married that guy?” or “How could I have done this or that?” With time, this is the gift of being older, that you get to look back and say, “It wasn’t all about them.”
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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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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 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 think my fans would be upset if I confined my shows to one city for a long period of time.
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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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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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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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The talent on YouTube is incredible, and it can spread like wildfire. The downside is that it’s very hard to convince the younger generation that they should pay for music.
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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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I made my first album, and I guess it wasn’t a fluke, because now I’m on my 16th.
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