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
girl thinking white
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 a living.
brother nice fall
We did a two month tour with Taj Mahal that was really healing and cathartic and a good distraction after my brother passed away. Then I knew I wanted to take a year off, and it was really nice to have that chance to fall apart.
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.
eye explanation feels
I'll close my eyes, so I won't see, all of the love that you don't feel for me.
people whole-life right-time
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 - and I've had sequentially monogamous relationships my whole life - were all the right people at the right time.
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.
internet fund thrilling
It's so thrilling. And not just the music. The Internet is changing the future of fund-raising. I'm thrilled by the potential.
people plans professional-life
I'm one of those people who just doesn't plan my personal life. I plan my professional life.
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.
ugly-duckling games lakes
Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.
play people musician
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 with me, and perhaps I can do something to help them.
song how-you-feel brown
When you love a song so much you have to sing, you know how you feel - it releases something in you that resonates as true, whether it's James Brown or Joni Mitchell.
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.