Quotes by Linda Ronstadt

About Linda Ronstadt:

Linda Maria Ronstadt is a former American popular music singer. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, and numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums. She has also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Golden Globe award.
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In the United States, we spend millions of dollars on sports because it promotes teamwork, discipline, and the experience of learning to make great progress in small increments. Learning to play music does all this and more.

Linda Ronstadt

I listen mostly to live music, and mostly my musical experience was playing music with other people.

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 live. I think there are many ways to live and many ways to establish intimate support in your life that can be from family or friends or g...

Linda Ronstadt

I always sang harmony with my family growing up.

Linda Ronstadt

I know my own father's business was very dependent on the goodwill and business and trade from people in northern Mexico. We knew their families and went to their weddings and baptisms and balls and picnics, and we had a great time with them.

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 the radio, whatever. I can't do any of that now. I wish I could. I don't miss performing, particularly, but I miss s...

Linda Ronstadt

I got to sing with Placido Domingo... I got to sing with Aaron Neville, who is one of my favorites. Got to sing with Brian Wilson, one of the great high tenors. And Ricky Skaggs, a bluegrass tenor. I'm also proud of my musical friendship with Emmylou...

Linda Ronstadt

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

Linda Ronstadt

I wanted to sing when I was little. That's what I liked doing. It didn't occur to me that you became famous or anything like that.

Linda Ronstadt

I didn't think I was a famous singer. I didn't think I was a star or that I could make the waters part - just that singing was what I was going to do.

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 make life interesting.

Linda Ronstadt

I've been lucky in my life to work with people who I consider master singers.

Linda Ronstadt

There should not be a question of legal or illegal immigration. People came and immigrated to this country from the time of the Indians. No one's illegal. They should just be able to come.

Linda Ronstadt

I'll occasionally go and do an honor like the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund because it raises money for a very worthy organization.

Linda Ronstadt

I don't think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you don't discourage something that may be rather nice.

Linda Ronstadt

I grew up in Arizona. I love it. I'm a part of the desert. I feel like, really, I'm from the Sonoran Desert, which is - extends to both sides of the border. I'm really from that part of Mexico, also. And I hate that there's a fence, you know, running...

Linda Ronstadt

I love everything soft, cashmere and down. I don't like anything scratchy.

Linda Ronstadt

I didn't love Jim Morrison. There was something very reptilian about him. And I didn't care for his singing, but his band! The Doors were fantastic.

Linda Ronstadt

In the Troubadour days, it was all those songwriters that I hung around with all the time, so I could get songs and find out what was going on. So we all knew each other, and we just carried each other's word around.

Linda Ronstadt

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 job to make you cry.

Linda Ronstadt

I'd go over to my grandmother's house, and she'd be playing opera. They loved opera. Not only did they play it on the radio, but they played it on their piano. Everybody learned how to read music and how to play.

Linda Ronstadt

Author Bio

  • NameLinda Ronstadt
  • DescriptionAmerican pop singer
  • AliasesLinda Maria Ronstadt
  • BornJuly 15, 1946
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Actor; Singer-songwriter; Composer; Jazz Musician
  • AwardsNational Medal Of Arts; Primetime Emmy Award