Bonnie Raitt

I'm happy to have been a positive influence.

— Bonnie Raitt

“Let's give them something to talk about.”

— Bonnie Raitt

Make me an angel that flies from montgomery.

— Bonnie Raitt

It took the rumor to make me wonder.

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You don't have to look a certain way to have a hit record.

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I just want to be as good a person as I can be.

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Now I'm convinced that I'm goin' under.

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I just ignore it but they keep sayin' we...

— Bonnie Raitt

“Religion is for those who are scared of hell, and spirituality is for those who have been there.”

— Bonnie Raitt

There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything

— Bonnie Raitt

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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Really important issues are getting lost, so I can say I'm glad to be a citizen of the planet and do my…

— Bonnie Raitt

I'm one of those people who just doesn't plan my personal life. I plan my professional life.

— Bonnie Raitt

There are a lot of people that never get their stories told.

— Bonnie Raitt

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

— Bonnie Raitt

Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.

— Bonnie Raitt

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

The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be…

— Bonnie Raitt

The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes.

— Bonnie Raitt

I think I'm a living embodiment of, 'Don't try to push me around or squash me,' whether its how I talk to…

— Bonnie Raitt

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

I'm proud of the way I rearrange and put things together, like a chef who makes a great meal, or a filmmaker…

— Bonnie Raitt

I was raised with the blessing of being involved with peace and social justice, and the environmental movement. I have my parents…

— Bonnie Raitt

There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to…

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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

I have been really heartened by how much coverage there has been about inequality of pay across the board, between the entertainment…

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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

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

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

I'm happy to say that at 62, I think I've reached that point where stuff doesn't bother me as much, and my…

— Bonnie Raitt

I think we have responsibilities to be active in the things we believe in, regardless of what our job is. At least…

— Bonnie Raitt

Those of us who grew up in the '50s and '60s, we had the dream that this could be turned around, and…

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We stare just a little too long.

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I hope I'm an integrous person who cleans up their messes when I've been a jerk.

— Bonnie Raitt

My love was Bob Dylan, but as I got older I realized a good ballad was a good ballad.

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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 one thing I know is that if you're not paying attention, it will come back to bite you.

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I would like to inspire a lot of people to be active and give back.

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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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I finally learned to accept that I can't make radio play blues any more than I could get Reagan out of the…

— Bonnie Raitt