I don't think there's ever been any music quite like what we came up with.
I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.
I would rather feel things in extreme than not at all.
I'm certain that it was an incredible gift for me to not only be friends with some of the greatest blues people who've ever lived, but to learn how they played, how they sang, how they lived their lives, ran their marriages, and talked to their kids.
I've watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me.
Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.
Sometimes I'm more true when I'm up onstage than I'm able to be in my regular life. It's not as exciting to be at home, but I've got to learn how to make that work, and then I will be an ordinary woman.
The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.
There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind.
There's nothing like living a long time to create a depth and soulfulness in your music.
BONNIE RAITT DISCOGRAPHY 1971 - Bonnie Raitt 1972 - Give It Up 1973 - Takin' My Time 1974 - Streetlights 1975 - Home Plate 1977 - Sweet Forgiveness 1979 - The Glow 1982 - Green Light 1986 - Nine Lives 1989 - Nick of Time 1990 - Collection 1991 - Luck of the Draw 1994 - Longing in Their Hearts 1995 - Road Tested 1998 - Fundamental 2002 - Silver Lining
In 1983 Raitt was droped by Warner Brothers.
1979's The Glow, was hoped to be a hit but sadly was released with bad reviews.
In 1976, Raitt made a notable appearance on Warren Zevon's self-titled album with Warren Zevon's friend Jackson Browne and Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.
1973's Takin' My Time was met with critical acclaim, but these notices were not matched by the sales.
In 1967 Raitt entered Harvard's Radcliffe College as a freshman, majoring in African Studies.
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