I can't sing half as well as Claudia Lennear. Hats off to her, but somehow, things happened for me. Linda Ronstadt More Quotes by Linda Ronstadt More Quotes From Linda Ronstadt A lot of singers that I've heard that I may not like their sensibility, but I see that they're entitled to whatever they get. People don't get there without talent, they really don't. Linda Ronstadt singers may people Story is what's most important. Linda Ronstadt important stories What I think is the universal, wonderful thing about music, is that it's very inclusive. Linda Ronstadt music-is wonderful thinking I never wrote anything down. I never kept a diary, never kept a journal. I did write one letter home about touring with the Doors that I used as a reference for the book for some details there, and then I was glad I had that, but that was it. Linda Ronstadt home writing book I dont think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you dont discourage something that may be rather nice. Linda Ronstadt nice love thinking In the United States, we spend millions of dollars on sports because it promotes teamwork, discipline, and the experience of learning to make great progress in small increments. Learning to play music does all this and more. Linda Ronstadt teamwork play sports Being an entertainer, especially in times like these, is really a public service. Linda Ronstadt times-like-these entertainers public-service Your musical soul is like facets of a jewel, and you stick out one facet at a time ... (and) I tend to work real hard on whatever it is I do, to get it up to speed, up to a professional level. I tend to bury myself in one thing for years at a time. Linda Ronstadt real jewels years I don't record (any type of genre of music) that I didn't hear in my family's living room by the time I was 10. It just is my rule that I don't break because ... I can't do it authentically ... I really think that you're just hard-wiring (synapses) in your brain up until the age of maybe 12 or 10, and there are certain things you can't learn in an authentic way after that. Linda Ronstadt age brain thinking I think it was a modest thing I did (Fahrenheit 9/11) ... this is an election year ... I'm not telling them how to vote. I'm saying get information about the issues ... at first there's just silence, then there's 'Yeah!' and then there's 'Boo' ... I have never seen a reaction like this, in all my years of touring ... Clear Channel can't threaten to not play my records because they are not going to play them anyway. Linda Ronstadt music years thinking I first knew Laurie Lewis by her considerable reputation as a fiddle player and a writer of songs. When an opportunity came along to sing with her I seized it. Getting to know her as a singer and a person has been pure pleasure. Her voice is a rare combination of grit and grace, strength and delicacy. Her stories are always true. Linda Ronstadt player opportunity song I can sing better after shooting smack in both arms than after eating too much. Linda Ronstadt arms shooting too-much People have often written about me, that I did this for this reason and that for that reason, and theyre usually 98 percent wrong. Linda Ronstadt percent reason people the relentless touring and endless repetition of the same songs over and over again promoted a creeping awareness that my music had begun to sound like my washing machine. Linda Ronstadt music sound song Cocaine made people deaf, it made people dead and it made people real obnoxious. Linda Ronstadt deaf real people Being a celebrity made me so uncomfortable that I would have preferred standing behind the amplifiers. Linda Ronstadt uncomfortable audience made So goodbye, I'll be leaving, I see no sense in this crying and grieving. We'll both live a lot longer, if you live without me. Linda Ronstadt rejection grieving goodbye Time washes clean, love's wounds unseen. Linda Ronstadt clean adages unseen Love will abide, take things in stride. Linda Ronstadt adages stride The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you. Linda Ronstadt constant performers
