I Think My Fans Will Follow Me

I Think People Must Wonder How A White Girl Like Me Became A Blues Guitarist. The Truth Is, I Never Intended To Do This For A Living.

Playing Guitar Was One Of My Childhood Hobbies, And I Had Played A Little At School And At Camp. My Parents Would Drag Me Out To Perform For My Family, Like All Parents Do, But It Was A Hobby - Nothing More.

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.

I Speak My Mind And Come From A Place Of Conscience, As Well As Have Fun As A Musician.

Those Of Us With A Microphone Who Are Blessed With The Gift Of Being In The Public Eye Have A Special Opportunity To Give Voice To All Those Groups Whose Activism Is Sometimes Ignored Or Put On The Back Pages With The The Dumbing Down Of Television And The Tabloidization Of Journalism. As Ralph Nader Called It, "sound Barks," Not Even Sound Bites.