I Made My First Album, And I

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.

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 Shows And Records And Youtube, Not Me Personally. I Walk Around With A Hat On. People Don't Know It's Me.

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.

I'm Happy To Have Been A Positive Influence.

I Don't Know If I'm A Heroine; I'm Just Somebody That Can Cheer The Troops By Singing To Folks, And Have Receptions After The Show, And Tithe A Dollar Of Every Ticket Sale For All Kinds Of Different Great Charities And Social Action Groups.