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I learned a lot about what it was like to have to use different hotels and not use the bathrooms, which made me more determined to be an activist.
Bonnie Raitt
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Bonnie Raitt
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 8
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Bonnie Lynn Raitt
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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 to learn tons of chords, that's much more difficult.
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