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
prayer real simple
I learned by experience that you can change your circumstance. It's as simple as the serenity prayer; it's a very, very real thing.
age jazz
In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
music masculine-and-feminine shapes
There's something about the Strat's shape that is at once masculine and feminine
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.