Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Lynn Raittis an American blues singer, songwriter and slide guitar player...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth8 November 1949
CityBurbank, CA
CountryUnited States of America
attention pay-attention
The one thing I know is that if you're not paying attention, it will come back to bite you.
jobs writing artist
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 being a curator and a musicologist. People write me letters and thank me for turning them on to Fred McDowell and Sippie Wallace, and that's partly my job this time around.
healing thinking broken
'I Will Not Be Broken' has really become very healing for me. Any time you go through a cataclysmic event... it's going to inform the richness that you sing from... The experiences of life make all your emotions, I think, deeper.
gun thinking cities
I was offered to take over for Reba in 'Annie Get Your Gun,' but it wasn't where I wanted to be. I think my fans would be upset if I confined my shows to one city for a long period of time.
balance being-true
You create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true.
jobs believe responsibility
I think we have responsibilities to be active in the things we believe in, regardless of what our job is. At least in my lifetime, there has been a tremendous combining of activism and music, that came up in the era of Pete Seeger and the Weavers and Joan Baez and Bob Dylan and Peter Paul & Mary.
dad games oklahoma
People come up to me all the time who saw Dad in 'Oklahoma!' or 'Pajama Game,' and they say they'll never forget it.
people surprise influence
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.
prayer real simple
I learned by experience that you can change your circumstance. It's as simple as the serenity prayer; it's a very, very real thing.
age jazz
In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.
gratitude loss thinking
Im happy to say that at 62, I think Ive reached that point where stuff doesnt bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up, especially having gone through the loss that Ive had, and losing so many of the great artists that I was close to. They taught me how to see it with a grain of salt and a lot of humor and perspective.
art stay-positive people
The arts can be a great way to bring people together. I don't preach from the stage. I try to stay positive on solutions.
appreciation strong real
Jazz and blues fests are everywhere now, and Americana is going strong on college radio. What I'm hearing is an appreciation of real music.
heart feels ifs
I can't make you love me if you don't, You can't make your heart feel something it won't.