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I'm just glad that I'm the musical equivalent of a character actress, because blues singers can keep singing and having an audience at 35, and someone like Madonna's gonna have to find something else to do, 'cos I don't care how pointy those bras are that she wears, they're still gonna look a little odd when she's 55!

~Bonnie Raitt

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Not being a natural songwriter... for me the appreciation of a great song and the writers came early on, growing up in a musical family. My dad got to sing songs by some of the greatest writers of all time, Rodgers and Hammerstein.

~Bonnie Raitt

Topics: Appreciation Being Came Dad Early Family Got Great Great Song Greatest Growing Growing Up Hammerstein Me Musical Natural Sing Some Song Songs Songwriter Time Up Writers

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Especially girls, but any kids exposed to music programs and arts programs do much better on their tests. They have a better chance of going to college. They can focus better. You know, we're not just automatons learning how to work machines and do engineering and math and science. All of that's great, but you've got to build a whole person.

~Bonnie Raitt

Topics: Any Arts Better Better Chance Build Chance College Engineering Exposed Focus Girl Going Got Great How Just Kids Know Learning Machines Math Math And Science Much Music Person Programs Science Tests Whole Work You

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I'm happy to say that at 62, I think I've reached that point where stuff doesn't bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up, especially having gone through the loss that I've had, and losing so many of the great artists that I was close to. They taught me how to see it with a grain of salt and a lot of humor and perspective.

~Bonnie Raitt

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In 1967 I entered Harvard as a freshman, confident - in the way that only 17-year-olds are - that I could change the world. My major was African Studies, and my plan was to travel to Tanzania, where President Julius Nyerere was creating a government based on democracy and socialism.

~Bonnie Raitt

Topics: African Based Change Change The World Confident Could Creating Democracy Entered Freshman Government Harvard Julius Major Only Plan President Socialism Studies Travel Way Where World

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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.

~Bonnie Raitt

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One of the biggest obstacles I've overcome in my life was thinking I didn't deserve to be successful. Artistically I'm not as much of a heavyweight as someone like Paul Simon or Joni Mitchell, because I'm not a creator of original music, and I worried about that for years.

~Bonnie Raitt

Topics: About Because Biggest Creator Deserve Heavyweight Joni Mitchell Life Like Mitchell Much Music My Life Obstacles Original Overcome Paul Simon Someone Successful Thinking Worried Years

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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.

~Bonnie Raitt

Topics: Accept Any Blues Could Finally Get House Learned Make More Out Play Radio Reagan Than White White House

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Superficial pop will always exist - there've always been Fabians - but when people like Dire Straits and Bruce Hornsby start having hits, it suggests that there's a revolution going on in music.

~Bonnie Raitt

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People come up to me all the time who saw Dad in 'Oklahoma!' or 'Pajama Game,' and they say they'll never forget it.

~Bonnie Raitt

Topics: Come Dad Forget Game Me Never Never Forget Oklahoma People Saw Say They Say Time Up Who

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: November 8th, 1949

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