We can live in fear or act out of hope.
We can choose, you know, we ain’t no amoeba.
I’ve been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by traveling around and by spending time with people I admire.
Solar power is the last energy resource that isn’t owned yet – nobody taxes the sun yet.
I grew up in Los Angeles in a Quaker family, and for me being Quaker was a political calling rather than a religious one.
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.
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.
I’ll close my eyes, so I won’t see, all of the love that you don’t feel for me.
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.
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.
It’s so thrilling. And not just the music. The Internet is changing the future of fund-raising. I’m thrilled by the potential.
I don’t want to discredit people’s opinions of me, but you talk about the violin or the cello or lead guitar where you have to learn tons of chords, that’s much more difficult.
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.
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.
It’s incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.
I was offered to take over for Reba in ‘Annie Get Your Gun,’ but it wasn’t where I wanted to be. I think my fans would be upset if I confined my shows to one city for a long period of time.
I learned a lot about what it was like to have to use different hotels and not use the bathrooms, which made me more determined to be an activist.
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.
Thank God for Occupy and thank God for ‘The Daily Show,’ Colbert and the rising up that’s going on around the world.
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.