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I can't make you love me, if you don't.
We can live in fear or act out of hope.
We can choose, you know, we ain't no amoeba.
I'm happy to have been a positive influence.
I just want to be as good a person as I can be.
The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.
I would rather feel things in extreme than not at all.
I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star.
You don't have to look a certain way to have a hit record.
Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste.
There are a lot of people that never get their stories told.
I have a really full life, both within music and outside it.
In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.
Maybe the idea of me is more powerful than I perceive myself being.
I would like to inspire a lot of people to be active and give back.
I don't think there's ever been any music quite like what we came up with.
I've watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me.
I'll close my eyes, so I won't see, all of the love that you don't feel for me.
There's something about the Strat's shape that is at once masculine and feminine
I hope I'm an integrous person who cleans up their messes when I've been a jerk.
I made my first album, and I guess it wasn't a fluke, because now I'm on my 16th.
I like to think I get better with age, but maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder.
My love was Bob Dylan, but as I got older I realized a good ballad was a good ballad.
I speak my mind and come from a place of conscience, as well as have fun as a musician.
One of the things that I'm glad about, though, is that regular people can relate to me.
There's nothing like living a long time to create a depth and soulfulness in your music.
Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.
I can't make you love me if you don't, You can't make your heart feel something it won't.
With the new ways of getting music out, you don't need a label if you're a legacy artist.
The one thing I know is that if you're not paying attention, it will come back to bite you.
I'm one of those people who just doesn't plan my personal life. I plan my professional life.
I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.
It's a lot harder to be clear-headed, but the good stuff is when you start realizing who's really you.
Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.
Really important issues are getting lost, so I can say I'm glad to be a citizen of the planet and do my part.
There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything
Thank God for Occupy and thank God for 'The Daily Show,' Colbert and the rising up that's going on around the world.
People come up to me all the time who saw Dad in 'Oklahoma!' or 'Pajama Game,' and they say they'll never forget it.
You create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true.
I finally learned to accept that I can't make radio play blues any more than I could get Reagan out of the White House.
The arts can be a great way to bring people together. I don't preach from the stage. I try to stay positive on solutions.
AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' is the greatest meshing of vocal, guitar, and content I've ever heard. That's what I aspire to.
I grew up in Los Angeles in a Quaker family, and for me being Quaker was a political calling rather than a religious one.
I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.
The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes.
It's so thrilling. And not just the music. The Internet is changing the future of fund-raising. I'm thrilled by the potential.
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.
I learned by experience that you can change your circumstance. It's as simple as the serenity prayer; it's a very, very real thing.
There are so many people out there working with great grassroots and global and national organizations that are unsung heroes to me.
I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for a living.