“I can't sing half as well as Claudia Lennear. Hats off to her, but somehow, things happened for me.” WellsI CanHalfHappenedThings HappenHatsClaudiaHats Off Author:Linda Ronstadt
“I'm a chameleon. I can change my voice a lot. I always was able to, because in my family's music I was a harmony singer, and harmony singing is really hard.” I CanHardAbleVoiceSingingMy FamilyHarmonySingersChameleon Author: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 is... The arrangements were mine. They were little lines and stuff that I had written myself... And I was locked into this idea that vocals didn't count, melodies didn't count, songwriting craftsmanship didn't count. The only thing that counted was high arching guitar solos...” LittlesI CanIdeasStuffSoundTermLinesWrittenMinesDrawsGuitarCraftsMelodySongwritingLockedArrangementsSoloVocalCraftsmanshipUseful ThingsGuitar Solos Author: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 was 10. It just is my rule that I don't break because ... I can't do it authentically ... I really think that you're just hard-wiring (synapses) in your brain up until the age of maybe 12 or 10, and there are certain things you can't learn in an authentic way after that.” ThinkingWayI CanHardAgeCertainRoomsBrainBreakRecordsTypeMy FamilyGenreBecause I CanLiving RoomWiringGenres Of MusicSynapses Author:Linda Ronstadt
“I can sing better after shooting smack in both arms than after eating too much.” I CanToo MuchArmsEatingShootingSmack Author:Linda Ronstadt
