Time Quote by Linda Ronstadt

Rampant eclecticism is my middle name.

— Linda Ronstadt

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

— Linda Ronstadt

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

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

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

Art is for healing ourselves, and everybody needs their own personal art to heal up their problems.

— 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 music, based…

— Linda Ronstadt

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

“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

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

If you don't have story to tell the public at large - you have to be able to sort of go listen.

— Linda Ronstadt

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