Bonnie Raitt

Named after my mother.

— 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

It's a lot harder to be clear-headed, but the good stuff is when you start realizing who's really you.

— Bonnie Raitt

“No matter how you tell yourself It's what we all go through Those lines are pretty hard to take When they're staring…

— Bonnie Raitt

You create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to…

— Bonnie Raitt

Give yourself the same compassion you extend to others

— Bonnie Raitt

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

— Bonnie Raitt

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

I don't want to sound like a self-help book, but it really has been transformative for me to take a look at…

— 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

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

— Bonnie Raitt

The connection between toxicity and cancer and safe air and water and food, all of that was important all along, as were…

— Bonnie Raitt

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

How about love?

— Bonnie Raitt

I'll close my eyes, so I won't see, all of the love that you don't feel for me.

— Bonnie Raitt

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

— Bonnie Raitt

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

I hear them whisper, you won't believe it.

— Bonnie Raitt

Laugh just a little too loud.

— Bonnie Raitt

I do feel my loved ones that have passed on; I feel them looking over my shoulder... So yeah, that's pretty profound,…

— Bonnie Raitt

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

— Bonnie Raitt

It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.

— Bonnie Raitt

You act so nervous, could you be fallin' for me?

— Bonnie Raitt

Whatever role we were in our family of birth, we take on this persona and in your 20s and 30s in particular,…

— Bonnie Raitt

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