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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 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 my live… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
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 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 you have… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
“Religion is for those who are scared of hell, and spirituality is for those who have been there.” — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
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 Image
