Full disclosure here - I had a terrible crush on Smokey Robinson, like every other female on the planet. — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
Sometimes I was frivolous. Did you have some frivolous years? I had to live mine out in public. — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
You don't want people who have never had to deal with adversity - you want people who have been able to deal… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I had a galvanised voice: I could sing through a 105 fever or a flu or a root canal or anything that… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I had a lot of chances to do things that other people don't ever get, and I have to be content with… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
As I got older, I got Parkinson's disease, so I couldn't sing at all. That's what happened to me. I was singing… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I know my own father's business was very dependent on the goodwill and business and trade from people in northern Mexico. We… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
Ninety-eight percent of the singing I did was private singing - it was in the shower, at the dishwasher, driving my car, singing with… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I always thought competition was for horse races and it never belonged in art. I never felt that competitive with other girl singers, really. — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I grew up in a big sky country. Then I lived in Manhattan, where you can only see the sky between buildings, and then… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
Art is for healing ourselves, and everybody needs their own personal art to heal up their problems. — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I grew up singing Mexican music, and that's based on indigenous Mexican rhythms. Mexican music also has an overlay of West African music, based… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
the relentless touring and endless repetition of the same songs over and over again promoted a creeping awareness that my music had begun to… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
“We wanted to sing about the passions of mature women: love and concern for our children, love between trusted and treasured friends, the precariousness… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I never thought of myself as a rock singer. I was interested in songs like 'Heart Like a Wheel,' and I liked the others… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
If you don't have story to tell the public at large - you have to be able to sort of go listen. — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
