Bonnie Raitt

I play the way I do cause it allows me to come up w/ the sickest sounds possible. That’s the point now isn’t it?

I’m glad I don’t have perfect pitch because it can drive you crazy.

Yeah, it’s more like playing what you think is appropriate for the moment, not forcing any particular style.

Music is what I hear and something that I live by.

Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God.

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission far beyond just making music for the sake of music.

It’s a matter of who would be right for each song. Mickey Hart for ‘All We Need is An Island’ – he’s the only guy I know who has Tahitian drums and every kind of drum on the planet.

Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.

The arranger doesn’t get any royalties, but I had so much fun doing it.

90%, 100% are going there to hear the singing. The story is another thing. Nobody’s interested in the story. Happiness is happiness.

The great jazz instrumentalists taught me how to sing and interpret a song. they showed me how a horn can have as much personality as an actor.

I wanted to do the music, but not at the expense of being happy.

A Jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.

I use the audience as my color palette, my instrument.

Jazz is not just music, it’s a way of life, it’s a way of being, a way of thinking.