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
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 nothing like living a long time to create a depth and soulfulness in your music. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
When you love a song so much you have to sing, you know how you feel - it releases something in you… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
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… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I tend to be freer on the piano. I never took guitar lessons, so my reach exceeds my grasp - what I… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Nobody taught me to play bottleneck. I just saw it and taught myself. I got an old bottle and steamed the label… — 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
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
Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp. My parents would… — 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
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
When you find a song that you love, you just have to do it - why would I try to match it?… — 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
I'm glad I get singled out for my slide guitar-playing, which isn't that difficult to do. I didn't take guitar lessons, but… — 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
