Linda Ronstadt

Men are very delicate. They don't like being rejected.

— Linda Ronstadt

Rampant eclecticism is my middle name.

— Linda Ronstadt

I think that Frank Sinatra was maybe the greatest pop singer.

— Linda Ronstadt

The greatest sin is carelessness.

— Linda Ronstadt

Time washes clean, love's wounds unseen.

— Linda Ronstadt

“God scares me when you get Him indoors.”

— Linda Ronstadt

I only notice the clothes I'm wearing.

— Linda Ronstadt

I always sang harmony with my family growing up.

— Linda Ronstadt

What I think is the universal, wonderful thing about music, is that it's very inclusive.

— Linda Ronstadt

The only reason to be with somebody is that they make you a better person and you make them a better person.

— Linda Ronstadt

The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you.

— Linda Ronstadt

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

Life's full of loss, who knows the cost, living in the memory of the love that never was.

— Linda Ronstadt

The thing you have to be prepared for is that other people don't always dream your dream.

— Linda Ronstadt

You and I, travel to the beat of a different drum, can't you tell by the way I run, every time you…

— Linda Ronstadt

Ninety-nine percent of singing is listening and hearing, and so then 1 percent of it is singing.

— Linda Ronstadt

“The trip home always seemed to take half the time, because Murphy and Little Paint were eager for their dinner. We clung…

— Linda Ronstadt

There should not be a question of legal or illegal immigration. People came and immigrated to this country from the time of…

— Linda Ronstadt

I think if the United States gave anything to culture at large in the 20th century, the most important contribution made was…

— Linda Ronstadt

I dont think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you dont discourage…

— Linda Ronstadt

I think if you do what's in your heart - Joseph Campbell always says you have to follow your bliss, and if…

— Linda Ronstadt

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

People have often written about me, that I did this for this reason and that for that reason, and theyre usually 98…

— Linda Ronstadt

Cocaine made my nose bleed right away. I thought why do I need a nose bleed? It would make me real nervous…

— Linda Ronstadt

“The Mexicans have a fervent appreciation of poetry and make regular use of it. It occupies a high and ancient seat in…

— Linda Ronstadt

I grew up singing Mexican music, and that's based on indigenous Mexican rhythms. Mexican music also has an overlay of West African…

— Linda Ronstadt

Every single year since they invented sound recording it gets better and better. We've always improved it. With MP3, which just sounds…

— Linda Ronstadt

This is an election year, and I think we're in desperate trouble and it's time for people to speak up and not…

— Linda Ronstadt

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

I can't draw. But I can draw with sound. That's the most useful thing I learned in terms of what my craft…

— Linda Ronstadt

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…

— Linda Ronstadt

I got to sing with Placido Domingo... I got to sing with Aaron Neville, who is one of my favorites. Got to…

— Linda Ronstadt

“The marketing geniuses on the corporate side of the country music labels had decided to start using focus groups to test their…

— Linda Ronstadt

Someone once asked me why people sing. I answered that they sing for many of the same reasons the birds sing. They…

— Linda Ronstadt

Story is what's most important.

— Linda Ronstadt

Don't know much, but I know I love you.

— Linda Ronstadt

I wish I had as much in bed as I get in the newspapers.

— Linda Ronstadt

Love will abide, take things in stride.

— Linda Ronstadt

I've thrown away the blues, I'm tired of being used.

— Linda Ronstadt

I can't sing half as well as Claudia Lennear. Hats off to her, but somehow, things happened for me.

— Linda Ronstadt