Bonnie Raitt Quotes

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

If we do not speak with our own opinion, we prevaricate with God and our conscience.

To me, that's what music entails. It's freedom, it's having the undeniable confidence to express yourself in a way that you know is right.

I have to be true to what I think because that's my whole career.

I want to always be classy and honest, and I always want to have fun with music, and if I can't really express who I am through my music, then it's not really fun anymore.

Have fun. Keep your integrity. Do what you want to do and stay true to that.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

'Birdman' came from a very beautiful side of me, from a part of honesty and surrender about things.

'Truth Will Set U Free' is about honesty. My philosophic belief that ultimately being true to yourself is liberating, with every individual's inalienable right to be who they are without fear or recrimination.

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.

My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.

I say whatever I think and whatever is on my mind, and I just hope that it comes out good. I just try to have a lot of fun.

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

I always write what feels really true and honest and me.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs.

I'm inspired by anyone who's honest in their own expression, people who truly beat to the rhythm of their own drum.

I think there's this pressure to get rid of the fun that makes us human. It hasn't worked on me.

My purpose is to make a movie to make you warm. To give you some heat. Now, this rational world has become a place where only what is cool is good. Do you cut the movie on the basis of the beat of modernity or the basis of the beat of your own heart?

One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.

Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul.

I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself - that there aren't really any rules.

I'd love to claim the title of 'songwriter' or 'intellectual,' but the truth is that anything that I ever learned how to do in conjunction with music was purely so that I would have a platform to sing from.