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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.

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Bonnie Raitt
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 8
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I would like to inspire a lot of people to be active and give back.
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I grew up in Los Angeles in a Quaker family, and for me being Quaker was a political calling rather than a religious one.
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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.
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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.
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It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect.
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It's a lot harder to be clear-headed, but the good stuff is when you start realizing who's really you.
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Really important issues are getting lost, so I can say I'm glad to be a citizen of the planet and do my part.
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I hope I'm an integrous person who cleans up their messes when I've been a jerk.
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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.
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I don't think there's ever been any music quite like what we came up with.
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Maybe the idea of me is more powerful than I perceive myself being.
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The one thing I know is that if you're not paying attention, it will come back to bite you.
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I'm the same on stage as I am off stage. A lot of people who I admire - Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne - are not that different either. You hope that if you met them that they'd be as nice and well-rounded as they appear.
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It's always enjoyable to listen to a friend's work, but if it doesn't resonate with you, then you can just appreciate it and it inspires you in its own way.
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Some people are caricatures of themselves, and some people keep people coming back and keep themselves growing. Otherwise, the fans would get bored.
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