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
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.
people glad relate
One of the things that I'm glad about, though, is that regular people can relate to me.
nice people different
I'm the same on stage as I am off stage. A lot of people who I admire - Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne - are not that different either. You hope that if you met them that they'd be as nice and well-rounded as they appear.
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.
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.
jerk mess persons
I hope I'm an integrous person who cleans up their messes when I've been a jerk.
play records able
How I measure success is getting to make another record and being able to the come back to the same town and play again cause you sold out the last time.
fun mind musician
I speak my mind and come from a place of conscience, as well as have fun as a musician.
powerful ideas perceive
Maybe the idea of me is more powerful than I perceive myself being.
giving people inspire
I would like to inspire a lot of people to be active and give back.
guitar voice lessons
I'm glad I get singled out for my slide guitar-playing, which isn't that difficult to do. I didn't take guitar lessons, but I just love the way it sounds, almost like the human voice.
college years feminist
The generation I grew up in was the beginning of "stand up for yourself," whether being a singer-songwriter or a feminist. In my college years, the feminist movement was really coming to fore, so we wouldn't have put up with guys treating us less than equal.
summer growing-up vacation
Between the redwoods, growing up and enjoying nature, camping on almost every vacation, and getting to go to summer camp in the Adirondacks, it was really very apparent to me that we had to preserve what we had on the earth.
blessing justice parent
I was raised with the blessing of being involved with peace and social justice, and the environmental movement. I have my parents to thank for that.