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… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
It's a lot harder to be clear-headed, but the good stuff is when you start realizing who's really you. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
“No matter how you tell yourself It's what we all go through Those lines are pretty hard to take When they're staring back at… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
You create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I have been really heartened by how much coverage there has been about inequality of pay across the board, between the entertainment industry and… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I'm honored when young people say they've gone to school on slide guitar with my records. But people get their influence from my live… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I don't want to sound like a self-help book, but it really has been transformative for me to take a look at my relationships… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I don't want to discredit people's opinions of me, but you talk about the violin or the cello or lead guitar where you have… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
“Religion is for those who are scared of hell, and spirituality is for those who have been there.” — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
The connection between toxicity and cancer and safe air and water and food, all of that was important all along, as were women's and… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
