Since I Was 20 Years

I'm Certain That It Was An Incredible Gift For Me To Not Only Be Friends With Some Of The Greatest Blues People Who've Ever Lived, But To Learn How They Played, How They Sang, How They Lived Their Lives, Ran Their Marriages, And Talked To Their Kids.

We Did A Two Month Tour With Taj Mahal That Was Really Healing And Cathartic And A Good Distraction After My Brother Passed Away. Then I Knew I Wanted To Take A Year Off, And It Was Really Nice To Have That Chance To Fall Apart.

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."

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.

It's Incredible To See Labor Unions And Environmentalists Getting Together To Stop The Corporate Mentality That Destroys Both Jobs And The Environment.