Bonnie Raitt

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.

Religion is for those who are scared of hell, and spirituality is for those who have been there.

Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.

I've been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by traveling around and by spending time with people I admire.

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

I grew up in Los Angeles in a Quaker family, and for me being Quaker was a political calling rather than a religious one.

I've watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me.

I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.

I'm happy to say that at 62, I think I've reached that point where stuff doesn't bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up, especially having gone through the loss that I've had, and losing so many of the great artists that I was close to. They taught me how to see it with a grain of salt and a lot of humor and perspective.