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
jobs together deregulation
It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.
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.
song sex guitar
When it's a funky uptempo song, you're basically having the same kind of release you would have when you have sex, only it lasts longer. Whether you're playing it on the guitar or on the dance floor, you're in that moment.
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.
artist looks singers
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.
rising-up thank-god world
Thank God for Occupy and thank God for 'The Daily Show,' Colbert and the rising up that's going on around the world.
use different bathroom
I learned a lot about what it was like to have to use different hotels and not use the bathrooms, which made me more determined to be an activist.
morning jobs years
Since I was 20 years old, I've been a kind of corporation. I'd wake up in the morning and my job was to be 'Bonnie Raitt' in capital letters.
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.
age jazz
In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.
music real thinking
I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.
school guitar childhood
Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp. My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby - nothing more.
afterlife age get-better
I've watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me.