One of the biggest obstacles I've overcome in my life was thinking I didn't deserve to be successful. Artistically I'm not as much of a heavyweight as someone like Paul Simon or Joni Mitchell, because I'm not a creator of original music, and I worried about that for years. Bonnie Raitt artisticallybigcreator share on social
Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there. Bonnie Raitt hellpeoplereligion Change image and share on social
When you find a song that you love, you just have to do it - why would I try to match it? When I wrote more of the songs in the '90s - 'Nick of Time' and other songs I was surprised I came up with - it was because nobody else was saying what I wanted to say. Bonnie Raitt 90sfindlove share on social
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. Bonnie Raitt 60scambridgegirl Change image and share on social
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. Bonnie Raitt bluefriendgift share on social
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. Bonnie Raitt dauntfindgig Change image and share on social
I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star. Bonnie Raitt beautifulpopstar Change image and share on social
I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool. Bonnie Raitt blackcoolman Change image and share on social
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. Bonnie Raitt embodimentlabellive Change image and share on social
People come up to me all the time who saw Dad in 'Oklahoma!' or 'Pajama Game,' and they say they'll never forget it. Bonnie Raitt dadforgetgame Change image and share on social