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 people exciting
I don't go into any album with a concept or a deliberate direction. It's more letting the best music that really appeals to me at the time, the best songs that I find after many months and years of search and sifting through my collection, and asking radio people and journalists. It's really an ongoing search that's as much daunting as it is somewhat exciting.
music rocks rock-and-roll
There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything
ifs i-can
I can't make you love me, if you don't.
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.
influence positive-influence
I'm happy to have been a positive influence.
art cutting race
The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes.
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.
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.
eye explanation feels
I'll close my eyes, so I won't see, all of the love that you don't feel for me.
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.
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.
guy age done
The fact is that this conversation is going on at every level at every age, we're all going, "God, what a jerk I've been," "How could I have married that guy?" or "How could I have done this or that?" With time, this is the gift of being older, that you get to look back and say, "It wasn't all about them."
band profit members
The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.
artist needs labels
With the new ways of getting music out, you don't need a label if you're a legacy artist.