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Bonnie Raitt

(1949) Singer United States

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Bonnie Raitt is a singer from the United States, best known for The Best of Bonnie Raitt.

Quick Facts About Bonnie Raitt

Born: November 8, 1949
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer
Notable works: The Best of Bonnie Raitt
Spouse: Michael O'Keefe

About Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American singer-songwriter. In 1971, Raitt released her self-titled debut album. Following this, she released a series of critically acclaimed roots-influenced albums that incorporated elements of rock, blues, country, and folk. She was also a frequent session player and collaborator with other artists, including Warren Zevon, Little Feat, Jackson Browne, the Pointer Sisters, John Prine, and Leon Russell.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame MusiCares Person of the Year Grammy Award for Album of the Year Grammy Award for Song of the Year Kennedy Center Honors Maple Blues Awards star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance

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honorary doctor of the Berklee College of Music

Quotes by Bonnie Raitt · Page 6

Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see…

Ducklings

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The fact is that this conversation is going on at every level at every age, we're all going, "God, what a jerk…

Age

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I don't need any drug to show me Heaven And I sure know how to spend plenty of time cleaning Hell But…

Cleaning

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When it's a funky uptempo song, you're basically having the same kind of release you would have when you have sex, only…

Dance floor

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Pat Benatar might need a rock band, but I can just sit with a blues guitar for an hour and a half…

Ballads

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I made my first album, and I guess it wasn't a fluke, because now I'm on my 16th.

Albums

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Jazz and blues fests are everywhere now, and Americana is going strong on college radio. What I'm hearing is an appreciation of…

Americana

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This old house it would've burned down a long time ago.

Long time

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I would love to see a revival of what we had against the war in the '60s - we could do these…

Debate

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

Embodiment

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We can choose, you know, we ain't no amoeba.

Adages

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I like to think I get better with age, but maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence

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We can live in fear or act out of hope.

Fear

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An old man is another.

Old man

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With the new ways of getting music out, you don't need a label if you're a legacy artist.

Art

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There are so many people out there working with great grassroots and global and national organizations that are unsung heroes to me.

Grassroots

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Stand just a little too close.

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

Cambridge

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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…

Life

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Make me a poster of an old rodeo.

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Make me an angel that flies from montgomery.

Angel

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It's very personal in California to live within hours, and sometimes just a few miles, of earthquake faults when nuclear plants were…

Built

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Thank God for Occupy and thank God for 'The Daily Show,' Colbert and the rising up that's going on around the world.

Around the world

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In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.

Age

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Maybe they're seein', somethin' we don't darlin'.

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