"I didn't have to be a pop singer……" — Bonnie Raitt
"I didn't have to be a pop singer with a certain look. When I started, there was really a revolution in natural artists with blues and folk artists crossing over; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to get started."
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90 Quotes by Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt has 90 quotes on this site.
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How unthinkable that, in a country of such bursting plenty, so many people are facing ongoing hunger and poverty. If…
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Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste
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Sometimes I'm more true when I'm up onstage than I'm able to be in my regular life. It's not as…
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The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races…
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There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything
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There's something about the Strat's shape that is at once masculine and feminine
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It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and…
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Nobody went out to pasture, and a lot of people are doing their best work. Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and…
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I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where…
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We did a two month tour with Taj Mahal that was really healing and cathartic and a good distraction after…
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We can live in fear or act out of hope.
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Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you…
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