I Just Want To Be As Good

Elvis Might Have Compromised His Musical Style A Bit Towards The End, But That Doesn't Mean That Artists From The Rock N' Roll/folk-roots Culture - Of Which He Was Not Really A Part - Shouldn't Get Better As They Get Older, Like The Great Jazz Or Blues Artists.

Since I Was 20 Years Old, I've Been A Kind Of Corporation. I'd Wake Up In The Morning And My Job Was To Be 'bonnie Raitt' In Capital Letters.

I Don't Go Into Any Album With A Concept Or A Deliberate Direction. It's More Letting The Best Music That Really Appeals To Me At The Time, The Best Songs That I Find After Many Months And Years Of Search And Sifting Through My Collection, And Asking Radio People And Journalists. It's Really An Ongoing Search That's As Much Daunting As It Is Somewhat Exciting.

The Fact Is That This Conversation Is Going On At Every Level At Every Age, We're All Going, "god, What A Jerk I've Been," "how Could I Have Married That Guy?" Or "how Could I Have Done This Or That?" With Time, This Is The Gift Of Being Older, That You Get To Look Back And Say, "it Wasn't All About Them."

I Don't Need Any Drug To Show Me Heaven And I Sure Know How To Spend Plenty Of Time Cleaning Hell But I'm Missin' That Feeling Of Falling.