Bonnie Raitt Quotes

Success is based on music, not where you're from.

People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records.

I don't sit down to write a number one hit. I'm not that good at my job - I don't know how to do that.

I think people see me, and they can't get past my looks or the fact that a girl can be serious about playing the guitar.

I know I can cut it with any songwriters in the world.

Part of being a pop star is image. I'm told by many of my female fans that I was the poster on their bedroom walls. But if I only had that - the image and the beauty and the curly locks - I would have been a 'normal' pop star, one who comes and goes after one hit record.

My sister's job does not involve music, but she is an amazing singer and songwriter.

Luck has a lot to do with being a musician.

You gotta step up your bars! Look, I run two labels. I sing. I dance. I don't spend all my time rapping.

I'm a pretty bad troubadour. I'm more of a music fan who got away with making records.

Just because you sell lots of records it doesn't mean to say you're any good. Look at Phil Collins.

You become successful, the way I see it, only if you're good enough to deliver what the public enjoys. If you're not, you won't have any audience; so the performer really has more to do with his success than the public does.

I never had a doubt in my mind. I always knew that, with the right material, I could pop a hit.

There are some rappers out there that I listen to, that I'm like: "You are really good but you could be like the Michael Jordan of rap if you applied yourself." There's a lot of people who are better at basketball than Michael Jordan, but Michael Jordan just wanted to be Michael Jordan, more.

There is no way a beautiful woman can live up to what she looks like for any appreciable length of time.

There are people who've prepared their whole lives for real heavy success and bask in it. They're so good at it and they obviously love it. I'm just happy to be making a record.

The music business has let me touch a lot of people with my talent.

The wonderful news is that when a person with my lack of art background can be successful, then anyone can. I'm not super talented and had no art training. Nothing, nada, zip. No workshops or classes.

Phil Collins sold five times as many records as I did. Does that make him nearly as influential as I am? Nope.

I love working with actors. If you cast the right person in the right part at the right time, they make you look like a better writer and director than you really are.

Ugly girls generally don't become successful in music. And it sucks because it's a standard that just exists.

I'm a great songwriter, but I'm not the most talented musician.

Just keep putting out music. Don't think whether it's a hit or not and people will get you.

Cheryl Cole, if you're reading this, I may not be as prety as you but at least I write my own songs.

Comedy isn't really something where you get discovered. You can't network your way to being funny or talented. It's not hard to get seen if you're funny. If you're funny, talented, and work hard, you will go somewhere.