In committing to artistic growth, you have to refine your skills to support your instincts. Linda Ronstadt More Quotes by Linda Ronstadt More Quotes From Linda Ronstadt I wish I had as much in bed as I get in the newspapers. Linda Ronstadt bedwishsex Music is a work in progress. On a record, it gets frozen in time. And it's oddly unnatural. Linda Ronstadt frozenprogressrecords I can't draw. But I can draw with sound. That's the most useful thing I learned in terms of what my craft is... The arrangements were mine. They were little lines and stuff that I had written myself... And I was locked into this idea that vocals didn't count, melodies didn't count, songwriting craftsmanship didn't count. The only thing that counted was high arching guitar solos... Linda Ronstadt guitarsoundideas Everybody has their own level of doing their music. ... Mine just happened to resonate over the years, in one way and another, with a significant enough number of people so that I could do it professionally. Linda Ronstadt numberspeopleyears I grew up in Arizona. I love it. I'm a part of the desert. I feel like, really, I'm from the Sonoran Desert, which is - extends to both sides of the border. I'm really from that part of Mexico, also. And I hate that there's a fence, you know, running through it. Linda Ronstadt feelyouhatelove I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. Linda Ronstadt i-amyoudisciplinelife I always say if music can't make you cry, you're a hopeless case. I don't cry very much myself, but it's my job to make you cry. Linda Ronstadt jobmyselfyoumusic I admire people's marriages, and I think it's a wonderful thing to have, but I don't think it's the only way to live. I think there are many ways to live and many ways to establish intimate support in your life that can be from family or friends or great roommates that you like. Linda Ronstadt youfamilylifepeople Having children makes you see the world in a completely different way. When you're responsible for those little lives, you can't slough it off or forget about it until later. Linda Ronstadt youchildrenwayworld I grew up in a big sky country. Then I lived in Manhattan, where you can only see the sky between buildings, and then I went into a building where you couldn't see the sky at all. I didn't like that so much. Linda Ronstadt youbuildingskycountry Men are very delicate. They don't like being rejected. Linda Ronstadt verybeinglikemen I had a galvanised voice: I could sing through a 105 fever or a flu or a root canal or anything that you could throw at me. Linda Ronstadt meyoufevervoice I didn't love Jim Morrison. There was something very reptilian about him. And I didn't care for his singing, but his band! The Doors were fantastic. Linda Ronstadt singingcaredoorslove I know my own father's business was very dependent on the goodwill and business and trade from people in northern Mexico. We knew their families and went to their weddings and baptisms and balls and picnics, and we had a great time with them. Linda Ronstadt businesstimefatherpeople Ninety-eight percent of the singing I did was private singing - it was in the shower, at the dishwasher, driving my car, singing with the radio, whatever. I can't do any of that now. I wish I could. I don't miss performing, particularly, but I miss singing. Linda Ronstadt drivingcarsingingwish I got a couple of different contacts from publishing companies saying they'd be interested in a book about my work: not a kiss-and-tell book, which I specifically put in the contract. Just a book about my work and what I did. Linda Ronstadt sayingdifferentworkbook Singing with Aaron Neville, he pulled stuff out of my voice I never could have gotten, because if he's providing XYZ, I have to put in ABC, and usually I don't have to put in ABC. Linda Ronstadt becauseneversingingvoice You don't want people who have never had to deal with adversity - you want people who have been able to deal successfully with adversity. That's what adds to society. Those are going to be the hardest-working, best people. Linda Ronstadt bestyousocietypeople I'd go over to my grandmother's house, and she'd be playing opera. They loved opera. Not only did they play it on the radio, but they played it on their piano. Everybody learned how to read music and how to play. Linda Ronstadt lovedgomusichouse
