Bonnie Raitt Quotes

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Bonnie Raitt

Profession : Musician

Birth : November 8, 1949

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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I'm certain that it was an incredible gift for me to not only be friends with some of the greatest blues people who've ever lived, but to learn how they played, how they sang, how they lived their lives, ran their marriages, and talked to their kids.

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The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.

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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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There's nothing like living a long time to create a depth and soulfulness in your music.

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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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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 just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where people are willing to play with me, and perhaps I can do something to help them.

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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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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 have a really full life, both within music and outside it.

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I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for a living.

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I grew up in Los Angeles in a Quaker family, and for me being Quaker was a political calling rather than a religious one.

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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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Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp. My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby - nothing more.

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In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.

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I didn't have to be a pop singer with a certain look. When I started, there was really a revolution in natural artists with blues and folk artists crossing over; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to get started.

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I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star.

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At 3 A.M., I'm still up watching videos of jazz heroes I never saw live. It's so thrilling. And not just the music. The Internet is changing the future of fund-raising. I'm thrilled by the potential.

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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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