209 Quotes by Bonnie Raitt

Finding great songs is the hard part of my gig - it's not as hard as songwriting, that's much more daunting - but I love playing other people's music.

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.

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.

I would rather feel things in extreme than not at all.

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.

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.

I can't make you love me if you don't, You can't make your heart feel something it won't.

I think I'm a living embodiment of, 'Don't try to push me around or squash me,' whether its how I talk to a record label or in my relationships.

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