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People Quotes by Bonnie Raitt
- How unthinkable that, in a country of such bursting plenty, so many people are facing ongoing hunger and poverty. If we are truly each other's…
- Nobody went out to pasture, and a lot of people are doing their best work. Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and Sting are at the top…
- I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where people are willing to play…
- Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.
- I've been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by traveling around and by spending time with people I…
- I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for…
- It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect.
- People come up to me all the time who saw Dad in 'Oklahoma!' or 'Pajama Game,' and they say they'll never forget it.
- Finding great songs is the hard part of my gig - it's not as hard as songwriting, that's much more daunting - but I love…
- I'm certain that it was an incredible gift for me to not only be friends with some of the greatest blues people who've ever lived,…
- 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 shows…
- I'm sure I would have been considered a more significant artist if I was a singer-songwriter. It's just not the way I roll. I love…
- Pat Benatar might need a rock band, but I can just sit with a blues guitar for an hour and a half and do folk…
- Quakers are known for wanting to give back. Ban the bomb and the civil rights movement and the native American struggle for justice - those…
- 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 rightist, or radical,…
- People are talkin', talkin' 'bout people.
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle