Bonnie Raitt

But I'm just saying, in her as a young woman, she was... She was like what I'm aspiring to feel like now. Like, okay. She's okay. She's okay. Yeah. She's like sitting with it all. She's sitting with it all. She can breathe deep. Breathe deep. Funny. Yes. Present.

But I'm just saying, in her as a young woman, she was... She was like what I'm aspiring to feel like now. Like, okay. She's okay. She's okay. Yeah. She's like sitting with it all. She's sitting with it all. She can breathe deep. Breathe deep. Funny. Yes. Present.

Bring it when she needs to, you know. Right. She didn't seem to care about what people thought about her. Yes. All that stuff. I mean, we're tyrannized by the weight thing, by the... You know, am I pretty enough? I know. Believe me. What about ageism? Oh. Yeah. Talk about that, Bonnie.

Bring it when she needs to, you know. Right. She didn't seem to care about what people thought about her. Yes. All that stuff. I mean, we're tyrannized by the weight thing, by the... You know, am I pretty enough? I know. Believe me. What about ageism? Oh. Yeah. Talk about that, Bonnie.

I think in my folk Americana wing of the music business, we only get more legendary and people respect us more as we get older. I don't see the discrimination that leading ladies got in my dad's business when Connie Towers and other people turned 50 and other actresses. They were over, over.

I think in my folk Americana wing of the music business, we only get more legendary and people respect us more as we get older. I don't see the discrimination that leading ladies got in my dad's business when Connie Towers and other people turned 50 and other actresses. They were over, over.

And so in my world, I did not face sexism or ageism, but I did face men in the beginning not liking to be told anything. that I was self-managed, that I was the music director of my albums when I couldn't, you know, that was odd to be told what you were doing not correctly or you'd like somebody to do it differently in the studio when I couldn't play that instrument as well as they could.

And so in my world, I did not face sexism or ageism, but I did face men in the beginning not liking to be told anything. that I was self-managed, that I was the music director of my albums when I couldn't, you know, that was odd to be told what you were doing not correctly or you'd like somebody to do it differently in the studio when I couldn't play that instrument as well as they could.

So, like, who are you who died and made you the boss? So how did you handle that?

So, like, who are you who died and made you the boss? So how did you handle that?

tiptoe around that yeah you know um first of all you try to get make sure you're only in the room with people that have a lot of respect for you and most of that time that was the case there was like one one record where i was with a lot of really heavy hitters in new york and i was only 24 and there was a actual producer jerry ragavoy and so what i would do oftentimes that would be a partnership and when something tricky needed to be said sometimes i would ask him to

tiptoe around that yeah you know um first of all you try to get make sure you're only in the room with people that have a lot of respect for you and most of that time that was the case there was like one one record where i was with a lot of really heavy hitters in new york and i was only 24 and there was a actual producer jerry ragavoy and so what i would do oftentimes that would be a partnership and when something tricky needed to be said sometimes i would ask him to

rephrase it he'd be like my secretary of state uh-huh my yeah he was the diplomat you he was the u.n ambassador that went in and said what she means to say here is uh-huh sounds great it sounds great but did you ever have any self-doubt

rephrase it he'd be like my secretary of state uh-huh my yeah he was the diplomat you he was the u.n ambassador that went in and said what she means to say here is uh-huh sounds great it sounds great but did you ever have any self-doubt

You know, when it comes to music, my ears tell me when something's working. I cannot lie. If it doesn't sound right, if the groove's... too rushed or the playing isn't that track wasn't it. Yeah. I have to be completely honest. And so I've and I trust that implicitly since the beginning. Yeah. I can tell when it's the right take. Yeah.

You know, when it comes to music, my ears tell me when something's working. I cannot lie. If it doesn't sound right, if the groove's... too rushed or the playing isn't that track wasn't it. Yeah. I have to be completely honest. And so I've and I trust that implicitly since the beginning. Yeah. I can tell when it's the right take. Yeah.

And pretty much the people that I pick to work with, they feel the same way. So I haven't had a lot of pushback on that. The pushback sometimes is in the record company where they don't like to see a woman represent themselves. And if you say, how come you don't put enough records in the stores after I just sold out that city? They don't like to hear that from the artists.

And pretty much the people that I pick to work with, they feel the same way. So I haven't had a lot of pushback on that. The pushback sometimes is in the record company where they don't like to see a woman represent themselves. And if you say, how come you don't put enough records in the stores after I just sold out that city? They don't like to hear that from the artists.

So they want to have an intermediary, and it's usually a guy.

So they want to have an intermediary, and it's usually a guy.