There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything
Bonnie RaittI finally learned to accept that I can't make radio play blues any more than I could get Reagan out of the White House.
Bonnie RaittThe challenge of course is in sobriety and that's been the blessing, to realize, to take accountability for the ways that your own thinking impacts your happiness, and your serenity, and your ability to be a productive and a loving, giving member of your family and society.
Bonnie RaittThose 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.
Bonnie Raitt