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
It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I've been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by traveling around and by spending time… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
People come up to me all the time who saw Dad in 'Oklahoma!' or 'Pajama Game,' and they say they'll never forget… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
One of the things that I'm glad about, though, is that regular people can relate to me. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Some people are caricatures of themselves, and some people keep people coming back and keep themselves growing. Otherwise, the fans would get… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
There are so many people out there working with great grassroots and global and national organizations that are unsung heroes to me. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I'm sure I would have been considered a more significant artist if I was a singer-songwriter. It's just not the way I… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I'm really careful about not slamming my politics home in my shows, but I don't try to hide, either. The arts can… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
You know, a lot of people feel that sobriety is about just stopping using whatever it was that you appeared to be… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I don't want to discredit people's opinions of me, but you talk about the violin or the cello or lead guitar where… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I'm certain that it was an incredible gift for me to not only be friends with some of the greatest blues people… — 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
There's lots of flaws and frailties and cracks in the armor, and nobody wants to put themselves out there as some kind… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I'm the same on stage as I am off stage. A lot of people who I admire - Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
How unthinkable that, in a country of such bursting plenty, so many people are facing ongoing hunger and poverty. If we are… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I would love to see a revival of what we had against the war in the '60s - we could do these… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
The anti-nuke movement has important and far-reaching implications for grassroots organizing. It can unite kids and musicians, everybody, whether they're leftist or… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I don't go into any album with a concept or a deliberate direction. It's more letting the best music that really appeals… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
The arts can be a great way to bring people together. I don't preach from the stage. I try to stay positive… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people who just doesn't plan my personal life. I plan my professional life. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there. — 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
I'm honored when young people say they've gone to school on slide guitar with my records. But people get their influence from… — 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
Leading a band and producing yourself and picking cool tunes and putting a show together takes a lot of thought, and a… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I'm in a relationship, and I've been in one in a while, but all the people I've been with at various points… — 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
Nobody went out to pasture, and a lot of people are doing their best work. Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and Sting are… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I think that we have a unique opportunity as performers and artists to be kind of the town criers and also to… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Pat Benatar might need a rock band, but I can just sit with a blues guitar for an hour and a half… — 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
Quakers are known for wanting to give back. Ban the bomb and the civil rights movement and the native American struggle for… — 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
