Songwriting wasn't my gift. I think you have to cultivate a gift; you have to practice and develop craft around your gift… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
Having children makes you see the world in a completely different way. When you're responsible for those little lives, you can't slough… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I don't think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you don't discourage… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
You have the United States, and you have Mexico, and then you have this Mexican-American thing which is this third culture, which… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
Parkinson's is very hard to diagnose. So when I finally went to a neurologist, and he said, 'Oh, you have Parkinson's disease,'… — 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
You don't forget you have Parkinson's disease, believe me, especially in the shower. If you are not paying attention, you fall down. — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I wanted to sing when I was little. That's what I liked doing. It didn't occur to me that you became famous… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
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… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
I didn't know why I couldn't sing - all I knew was that it was muscular or mechanical. Then, when I was… — 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,… — 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 grew up in Arizona. I love it. I'm a part of the desert. I feel like, really, I'm from the Sonoran… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
The whole thing with recording is you have to know when to turn off the tape machine and just stop recording because… — 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… — 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
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… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
The only reason to be with somebody is that they make you a better person and you make them a better person. — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
Everywhere you go, there's a soundtrack. You can't really quite hear it. It's just a little out of the range of hearing. — 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
