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
mean ghetto games
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 of their game. I mean, Tony Bennett is the coolest guy I ever met! We have to figure out how to break out of this age ghetto.
unique people honest
I don't know that I'm unique in that people relate to my music, but I would hope people would say that I'm honest and that I do the best work I can possibly do instead of coasting.
long depth soulfulness
There's nothing like living a long time to create a depth and soulfulness in your music.
fall heaven feelings
I don't need any drug to show me Heaven And I sure know how to spend plenty of time cleaning Hell But I'm missin' that feeling of falling.
successful thinking years
One of the biggest obstacles I've overcome in my life was thinking I didn't deserve to be successful. Artistically I'm not as much of a heavyweight as someone like Paul Simon or Joni Mitchell, because I'm not a creator of original music, and I worried about that for years.
fun mind musician
I speak my mind and come from a place of conscience, as well as have fun as a musician.
inspirational
We can live in fear or act out of hope.
morning stars records
Distribution has really changed. You can make a record with a laptop in the morning and have it up on YouTube in the afternoon and be a star overnight. The talent on YouTube is incredible, and it can spread like wildfire. The downside is that it's very hard to convince the younger generation that they should pay for music.
country school garden
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 keepers, let's support school lunches, food stamps, neighborhood garden projects, and so many other wonderful programs working to put an end to this cruel and needless blight once and for all.
powerful ideas perceive
Maybe the idea of me is more powerful than I perceive myself being.
adages amoeba knows
We can choose, you know, we ain't no amoeba.
inspiration people lucky
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 admire.
lasts sun energy
Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.
religious political calling
I grew up in Los Angeles in a Quaker family, and for me being Quaker was a political calling rather than a religious one.