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I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.
Bonnie Raitt
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Bonnie Raitt
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: November 8
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Bonnie Lynn Raitt
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Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste.
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I have been really heartened by how much coverage there has been about inequality of pay across the board, between the entertainment industry and almost every industry worldwide. And just the problem of young women not getting an education, not being able to have an equal position in the cultures all around the world.
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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.
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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.
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I grew up in Los Angeles in a Quaker family, and for me being Quaker was a political calling rather than a religious one.
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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.
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There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything
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I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for a living.
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Distribution has really changed. You can make a record with a laptop in the morning and have it up on YouTube in the afternoon and be a star overnight. The talent on YouTube is incredible, and it can spread like wildfire. The downside is that it's very hard to convince the younger generation that they should pay for music.
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Pat Benatar might need a rock band, but I can just sit with a blues guitar for an hour and a half and do folk songs and great contemporary ballads, and not many people can pull that off.
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My love was Bob Dylan, but as I got older I realized a good ballad was a good ballad.
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It's so thrilling. And not just the music. The Internet is changing the future of fund-raising. I'm thrilled by the potential.
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It's a lot harder to be clear-headed, but the good stuff is when you start realizing who's really you.
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We can choose, you know, we ain't no amoeba.
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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.
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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.
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I'm one of those people who just doesn't plan my personal life. I plan my professional life.
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