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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Jazz
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- Nov 07, 2020
In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.
- Blues
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't have to be a pop singer with a certain look. When I started, there was really a revolution in natural artists with blues and folk artists crossing over; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to get started.
- Great Songs
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- Nov 07, 2020
Finding great songs is the hard part of my gig - it's not as hard as songwriting, that's much more daunting - but I love playing other people's music.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Distribution has really changed. You can make a record with a laptop in the morning and have it up on YouTube in the afternoon and be a star overnight. The talent on YouTube is incredible, and it can spread like wildfire. The downside is that it's very hard to convince the younger generation that they should pay for music.
- Pop
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
At 3 A.M., I'm still up watching videos of jazz heroes I never saw live. It's so thrilling. And not just the music. The Internet is changing the future of fund-raising. I'm thrilled by the potential.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the new ways of getting music out, you don't need a label if you're a legacy artist.
- Appreciation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world I live in is benefiting from things like satellite radio. Jazz and blues fests are everywhere now, and Americana is going strong on college radio. What I'm hearing is an appreciation of real music.
- Great Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really careful about not slamming my politics home in my shows, but I don't try to hide, either. 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.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
What - of all the incredible duets that I've been able to sing, you know, John Raitt was still the one that I just shook in my boots just standing next to him. I loved him so much.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'm a living embodiment of, 'Don't try to push me around or squash me,' whether its how I talk to a record label or in my relationships.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People say, 'Gee, you don't really do political music.' Well, I sing a lot of songs about how men and women and lovers treat each other, and none of us want to be talked down to or belittled or ignored or disrespected... So I'm proud to be a feminist.
- Fifth
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody taught me to play bottleneck. I just saw it and taught myself. I got an old bottle and steamed the label off, put it on the wrong finger, I basically did everything wrong until I met some of the Blues legends early in my career who taught me another way. I didn't have anyone to tell me women didn't play bottleneck.
- Gun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was offered to take over for Reba in 'Annie Get Your Gun,' but it wasn't where I wanted to be. I think my fans would be upset if I confined my shows to one city for a long period of time.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020