209 Quotes by Bonnie Raitt

Thank God for Occupy and thank God for ‘The Daily Show,’ Colbert and the rising up that’s going on around the world.

I don’t think there’s ever been any music quite like what we came up with.

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.

With slide guitar, you’re just hanging this piece of glass on your hand. It’s a really beautiful instrument in that it’s so responsive, you’re just slipping your hand back and forth.

We can choose, you know, we ain’t no amoeba.

You don’t have to look a certain way to have a hit record.

It’s incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.

When you love a song so much you have to sing, you know how you feel – it releases something in you that resonates as true, whether it’s James Brown or Joni Mitchell.

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.