Famous Quotes

"Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp. My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby - nothing more."

Bonnie Raitt on Family

More quotes about Family

• "I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future."

  LaToya Jackson on Family

• "If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher."

  Abdul Kalam on Family

• "Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten."

  David Ogden Stiers on Family

• "The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege."

  Charles Kuralt on Family

• "Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship."

  Margaret Mead on Family

More quotes by Bonnie Raitt

• "I've watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me."

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

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

• "I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where people are willing to play with me, and perhaps I can do something to help them."

• "It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect."