I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I speak my mind and come from a place of conscience, as well as have fun as a musician. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
There's something about the Strat's shape that is at once masculine and feminine — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
With the new ways of getting music out, you don't need a label if you're a legacy artist. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I don't think there's ever been any music quite like what we came up with. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
There's nothing like living a long time to create a depth and soulfulness in your music. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Finding great songs is the hard part of my gig - it's not as hard as songwriting, that's much more daunting -… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
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… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Jazz and blues fests are everywhere now, and Americana is going strong on college radio. What I'm hearing is an appreciation of… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I don't know that I'm unique in that people relate to my music, but I would hope people would say that I'm… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
When it's a funky uptempo song, you're basically having the same kind of release you would have when you have sex, only… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Distribution has really changed. You can make a record with a laptop in the morning and have it up on YouTube in… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Especially girls, but any kids exposed to music programs and arts programs do much better on their tests. They have a better… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
People say, 'Gee, you don't really do political music.' Well, I sing a lot of songs about how men and women and… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Sometimes I don't go into the studio for quite a while because I haven't found enough good songs. They have to have… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I think we have responsibilities to be active in the things we believe in, regardless of what our job is. At least… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where people are… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I'm glad people think I'm a badass. I'm a rock and roller, and I'm an R&B and a blueswoman. I don't do… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
It's so thrilling. And not just the music. The Internet is changing the future of fund-raising. I'm thrilled by the potential. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Superficial pop will always exist - there've always been Fabians - but when people like Dire Straits and Bruce Hornsby start having… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
The world I live in is benefiting from things like satellite radio. Jazz and blues fests are everywhere now, and Americana is… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Not being a natural songwriter... for me the appreciation of a great song and the writers came early on, growing up in… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share
It's a lot harder to be clear-headed, but the good stuff is when you start realizing who's really you. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share
“No matter how you tell yourself It's what we all go through Those lines are pretty hard to take When they're staring back at… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share
You create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share
I have been really heartened by how much coverage there has been about inequality of pay across the board, between the entertainment industry and… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share
I'm honored when young people say they've gone to school on slide guitar with my records. But people get their influence from my live… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share
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… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share
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… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share
“Religion is for those who are scared of hell, and spirituality is for those who have been there.” — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share
The connection between toxicity and cancer and safe air and water and food, all of that was important all along, as were women's and… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share
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… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share
I'll close my eyes, so I won't see, all of the love that you don't feel for me. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share
