209 Quotes by Bonnie Raitt

I would like to inspire a lot of people to be active and give back.

I'm glad I get singled out for my slide guitar-playing, which isn't that difficult to do. I didn't take guitar lessons, but I just love the way it sounds, almost like the human voice.

The generation I grew up in was the beginning of "stand up for yourself," whether being a singer-songwriter or a feminist. In my college years, the feminist movement was really coming to fore, so we wouldn't have put up with guys treating us less than equal.

Between the redwoods, growing up and enjoying nature, camping on almost every vacation, and getting to go to summer camp in the Adirondacks, it was really very apparent to me that we had to preserve what we had on the earth.

I was raised with the blessing of being involved with peace and social justice, and the environmental movement. I have my parents to thank for that.

There are so many people out there working with great grassroots and global and national organizations that are unsung heroes to me.

Those of us with a microphone who are blessed with the gift of being in the public eye have a special opportunity to give voice to all those groups whose activism is sometimes ignored or put on the back pages with the the dumbing down of television and the tabloidization of journalism. As Ralph Nader called it, "sound barks," not even sound bites.

Really important issues are getting lost, so I can say I'm glad to be a citizen of the planet and do my part.

It's a lot harder to be clear-headed, but the good stuff is when you start realizing who's really you.