I first knew Laurie Lewis by her considerable reputation as a fiddle player and a writer of songs. When an opportunity came… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance. — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
Singing with Aaron Neville, he pulled stuff out of my voice I never could have gotten, because if he's providing XYZ, I… — 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 miss singing every day. I can't sing anymore. My voice doesn't work. I have Parkinson's disease, and it sometimes takes my… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I'm a chameleon. I can change my voice a lot. I always was able to, because in my family's music, I was… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
The thing I like about singing duets is that I get things out of my voice I never get singing by myself. — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
Someone once asked me why people sing. I answered that they sing for many of the same reasons the birds sing. They… — 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
