Bonnie Raitt Quotes & Sayings

“Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.”

“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.”

“Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.”

“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.”

“In 1967 I entered Harvard as a freshman, confident - in the way that only 17-year-olds are - that I could change the world. My major was African Studies, and my plan was to travel to Tanzania, where President Julius Nyerere was creating a government based on democracy and socialism.”

“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.”

“Quakers are known for wanting to give back. Ban the bomb and the civil rights movement and the native American struggle for justice - those things were very, very front-burner in my childhood, as were the ideas of working for peace and if you have more than you need, then you share it with people who don't.”

“I'm sure I would have been considered a more significant artist if I was a singer-songwriter. It's just not the way I roll. I love being a curator and a musicologist. People write me letters and thank me for turning them on to Fred McDowell and Sippie Wallace, and that's partly my job this time around.”

“I'm happy to say that at 62, I think I've reached that point where stuff doesn't bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up, especially having gone through the loss that I've 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.”

“I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.”