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The women's movement resurgence of standing up for so many things that were kind of sleepy there for a decade or so, there's been a reawakening and I think the consciousness movement in general is dovetailing with a lot of recovery and self-empowerment.

Bonnie Raitt

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Bonnie Raitt
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: November 8
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Burbank
California
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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 human rights issues, but the nuke issue and the safe energy movement became really important to me in the mid-'70s.
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I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where people are willing to play with me, and perhaps I can do something to help them.
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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.
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Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste.
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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.
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Leading a band and producing yourself and picking cool tunes and putting a show together takes a lot of thought, and a certain amount of courage. In my early twenties, if I wasn't getting good enough at it, then people would not come and see me. Anybody who has lasted this long - I hope we get better with age.
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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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I just want to be as good a person as I can be.
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There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything
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We can choose, you know, we ain't no amoeba.
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My career is based on the slow build of an audience based on putting on a good show live and putting out a record every couple of years. I was already doing really well in terms of my goals, to keep my fans coming back.
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When they were putting oil rigs up and down the California coast, the whole issue of safe energy and the addiction to fossil fuels really came into focus.
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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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I think I'm a living embodiment of, 'Don't try to push me around or squash me,' whether its how I talk to a record label or in my relationships.
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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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The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.
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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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You don't have to look a certain way to have a hit record.
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Maybe the idea of me is more powerful than I perceive myself being.
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I can't make you love me if you don't, You can't make your heart feel something it won't.
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