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
came love match nobody saying songs surprised time wrote
When you find a song that you love, you just have to do it - why would I try to match it? When I wrote more of the songs in the '90s - 'Nick of Time' and other songs I was surprised I came up with - it was because nobody else was saying what I wanted to say.
anyone basically blues bottle early label legends met nobody saw taught until women
Nobody taught me to play bottleneck. I just saw it and taught myself. I got an old bottle and steamed the label off, put it on the wrong finger, I basically did everything wrong until I met some of the Blues legends early in my career who taught me another way. I didn't have anyone to tell me women didn't play bottleneck.
arts bring careful great home people politics positive preach stay
I'm really careful about not slamming my politics home in my shows, but I don't try to hide, either. 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.
audience blues bras equivalent glad gonna musical odd singers
I'm just glad that I'm the musical equivalent of a character actress, because blues singers can keep singing and having an audience at 35, and someone like Madonna's gonna have to find something else to do, 'cos I don't care how pointy those bras are that she wears, they're still gonna look a little odd when she's 55!
cinderella happy kelly
I was very touched, and very happy that Kelly won. It was such a Cinderella story.
open
He used to let me open for him and he tuned my guitar.
behind
What do you think? Baby, you're behind the times.
backstage best highlight onstage seen summer thrilled vibe
I'm completely thrilled to be a part of this. I have to say, this is the highlight of the summer for me. This is one of a kind and long overdue. It's the best vibe I've ever seen backstage and onstage as well.
changed people
He really changed the way that people sing,
simply
He's like having my very own Jimi Hendrix, ... There's simply nothing he can't play well.
early excited last music woman
I am very excited to get in this early (in my career), especially being the only woman tonight, ... to last this long (in the music business) is enough for me.
knocked obvious roots
I just was knocked over by the obvious roots of the blues.
ability deep few gifted grown guys incredibly knocked last silver stretch style sum whatever
These guys are incredibly gifted in their own right, ... but over the last few years, we've grown into something much more than the sum of our parts. We got into something deep on my last album, Silver Lining, and I'm just knocked out by their ability to stretch and morph into whatever style I want to delve into.
responsibility blessing unique
I think that we have a unique opportunity as performers and artists to be kind of the town criers and also to get more people to listen, so that's a blessing and a responsibility that I take very seriously.