Bonnie Raitt

How were you feeling? Yeah. It's interesting. I haven't been asked this in a very long time. And it's an interesting... When we started out speaking about the uppercase and lowercase...

How were you feeling? Yeah. It's interesting. I haven't been asked this in a very long time. And it's an interesting... When we started out speaking about the uppercase and lowercase...

I was worried that by personally becoming more at peace and serene and well, that I wouldn't, the edge that I had, that the suffering, that the, you know, anger and the resentment and the betrayal, and I'm singing all of your pain, I'm singing for you, I'm going through it too, and I had this bad relationship, and, you know...

I was worried that by personally becoming more at peace and serene and well, that I wouldn't, the edge that I had, that the suffering, that the, you know, anger and the resentment and the betrayal, and I'm singing all of your pain, I'm singing for you, I'm going through it too, and I had this bad relationship, and, you know...

I picked all those relationships so I could be authentic when I sang about pain. But I'm just saying that what happens when you get out of... agony and you're not suffering anymore and you're not paying. What if you, what if it doesn't sound as authentic when you're up there trying to play?

I picked all those relationships so I could be authentic when I sang about pain. But I'm just saying that what happens when you get out of... agony and you're not suffering anymore and you're not paying. What if you, what if it doesn't sound as authentic when you're up there trying to play?

And in fact, it was just as if the windshield was clearer and I could be more authentically me and feel even stronger. And I watched Stevie Ray Vaughan come out of rehab and he was worried about whether he'd be able to play the same, whether he'd have the same fire. Where, where's the source of that fire? Is it suffering and pain and self-doubt and all of those even existential questions?

And in fact, it was just as if the windshield was clearer and I could be more authentically me and feel even stronger. And I watched Stevie Ray Vaughan come out of rehab and he was worried about whether he'd be able to play the same, whether he'd have the same fire. Where, where's the source of that fire? Is it suffering and pain and self-doubt and all of those even existential questions?

And it turns out that the miracle that happens when you can be coming from a different place that's not inauthentic or phony or a crutch of becoming somebody else or putting in chemicals to try to be that other person. You can be, like the wizard actually came up with the solutions all by himself without being behind there. So that was what was beautiful.

And it turns out that the miracle that happens when you can be coming from a different place that's not inauthentic or phony or a crutch of becoming somebody else or putting in chemicals to try to be that other person. You can be, like the wizard actually came up with the solutions all by himself without being behind there. So that was what was beautiful.

And for me, singing my songs straight, because I didn't sing in my shows messed up. I kind of waited until after the show to get high. I wasn't that different. But being the person that I became when I was more authentically okay with the smaller case me only made the bigger case me stronger, I think, and more compelling and more passionate. And the suffering is right there.

And for me, singing my songs straight, because I didn't sing in my shows messed up. I kind of waited until after the show to get high. I wasn't that different. But being the person that I became when I was more authentically okay with the smaller case me only made the bigger case me stronger, I think, and more compelling and more passionate. And the suffering is right there.

I can remember what those pain—when I sing I Can't Make You Love Me, it's as if I just went through it.

I can remember what those pain—when I sing I Can't Make You Love Me, it's as if I just went through it.

It was, you know— That is what I—I just got goosebumps from that. That's what I think I want to know. I want to know that I had it all along.

It was, you know— That is what I—I just got goosebumps from that. That's what I think I want to know. I want to know that I had it all along.

That I don't have to put it on. It's not a role that I'm playing.

That I don't have to put it on. It's not a role that I'm playing.

And so it's a beautiful thing to just feel so in your moment when I'm singing and playing music and it's working. It's like you when you're doing your thing and it's just perfect. It's the ultimate. It's the ultimate. Melding of what you were supposed to be doing on this earth this time. And I know what a gift it is. So I'm not going to cheapen it and mess it up. Right, right, right. That's good.

And so it's a beautiful thing to just feel so in your moment when I'm singing and playing music and it's working. It's like you when you're doing your thing and it's just perfect. It's the ultimate. It's the ultimate. Melding of what you were supposed to be doing on this earth this time. And I know what a gift it is. So I'm not going to cheapen it and mess it up. Right, right, right. That's good.