John Raitt Quotes
I'll sing as long as people want to hear me, and I'll be able to sing as long as I'm alive.
Quotes to Explore
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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A girl's best friend is her pride.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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Any woman who diets all the time can't help but be grouchy. Nobody can be amusing or entertaining on a diet.
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Singing is a prayer to me.
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When I was living in New York, there was a lot of screaming in my life. I would just get into these altercations all the time. Being in public, dealing with shopkeepers, just trying to cross the street - things like that.
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Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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When I was a teen, I thought I would have to choose between my writing or my music or my art, but it turns out it's a difficult juggling game but I can do all of them.
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I wouldn't be happy had I only been a teacher, if all I had done was help young people, frankly. I don't get nearly the joy teaching as I do out of creation.
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It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were younger. We had reached past him. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me.
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Too many people in government seem to think they are above regular folks, and I said I would expect humility in the way each member of my team served- that they would recognize that the taxpayer is boss.
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I'd like to do more acting.
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Give light and people will find the way.
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I'll sing as long as people want to hear me, and I'll be able to sing as long as I'm alive.
