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Singer-songwriter, musician-producer and San Francisco native Bonnie Hayes wrote the hit songs "Have a Heart\u201d and \u201cLove Letter\u201d from the acclaimed Bonnie Raitt album Nick of Time. She's also written songs for Cher, Bette Midler, David Crosby, Robert Cray, Adam Ant, Booker T. & the MG\u2019s, and many more. Bonnie produced the Gospel Hummingbirds\u2019s Grammy-nominated 1992 album Steppin\u2019 Out, toured with pop-punk icon Billy Idol and scored a college radio hit with the 1980\u2019s cult favorite \u201cShelley\u2019s Boyfriend,\u201d which also appeared, with another of Hayes\u2019s songs, in the 1983 motion picture Valley Girl. Bonnie Hayes is now the chair of Berklee's Songwriting Department.\nIn our conversation, Bonnie shares about:\nHow to take the thing that is your limitation and make it your strength & uniqueness\nWhy specificity is what makes a song\nSwitching between your right and left brain while songwriting\nHow she wrote "Have a Heart!"