Life is simple yet complex, in the complexity we realize everything is simple for we create our own happiness, our own sadness & our own destiny by n…

- Bonnie Raitt

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

- Bonnie Raitt

You know, a lot of people feel that sobriety is about just stopping using whatever it was that you appeared to be addicted to, but it really has to d…

- Bonnie Raitt

We can live in fear or act out of hope.

- Bonnie Raitt

I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.

- Bonnie Raitt

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.

- Bonnie Raitt

Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.

- Bonnie Raitt

I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.

- Bonnie Raitt

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 t…

- Bonnie Raitt