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Linda Ronstadt is an American singer known for her distinctive voice and versatile musical style. Born on July 15, 1946, she began her music career in the 1960s and is celebrated for her contributions to pop, rock, country, and Latin music.

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Famous Linda Ronstadt Quotes

“I love sex as much as I love music, and I think it's as hard to do.”

Thinking Hard Sex Music Music Love I Love Music

Author:Linda Ronstadt

“I get on the airplane and there's a screen in front of everything. You get into a taxicab in New York, there's a screen blinking at you. I think it's going to have a tremendous effect on our brains, because those bright, saturated colors and those strong lines, they do things to your brain.”

Thinking Strong Lines Brain Effects Fronts New York Color Screens Airplane Saturated

Author:Linda Ronstadt

“When I was taking arithmetic in the first grade I said to myself, "I'm going to be a singer. I don't have to worry about numbers." I didn't think I was going to be famous or a star.”

Thinking Firsts Said Stars Numbers Worry Singers Grades Arithmetic

Author:Linda Ronstadt

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

Thinking Pops Singers Frank

Author:Linda Ronstadt

“I think if the United States gave anything to culture at large in the 20th century, the most important contribution made was the popular song.”

Ifs Thinking Made Important States Song Culture United United States Century Contribution 20th Century Popular Song Important Contributions

Author:Linda Ronstadt

“I think the zenith of popular songwriting to the United States of America was that period that started in the '20s and went into the '50s. It was the period of the great American standard song.”

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Author:Linda Ronstadt

“I think if you do what's in your heart - Joseph Campbell always says you have to follow your bliss, and if you do, doors open where you didn't even realize there were doors.”

Ifs Thinking Heart Realizing Doors Bliss Follow Your Bliss

Author:Linda Ronstadt

“I think there's mind in nature. There's a power in nature, and there's a universal power that you'd better not ignore.”

Thinking Mind Universal

Author:Linda Ronstadt

“I think musicians are always supportive of each other because they want the groove to keep going on. They just basically want to play music.”

Thinking Want Play Musician Keep Going Supportive Groove

Author:Linda Ronstadt

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

Thinking Wonderful Music Is Universal Wonderful Things

Author:Linda Ronstadt

“I think there's just a lot of compassion in art. Again, when you're doing something that resonates with somebody else, you're going through an experience another person has had, whether it's been a painful experience or a joyous experience or a happy experience.”

Thinking Persons Art Compassion Painful Joyous Painful Experiences Happy Experience

Author:Linda Ronstadt

“The dream world of sleep and the dream world of music are not far apart. I often catch glimpses of one as I pass through a door to the other, like encountering a neighbor in the hallway going into the apartment next to one’s own. In the recording studio, I would often lie down to nap and wake up with harmony parts fully formed in my mind, ready to be recorded. I think of music as dreaming in sound.”

Thinking World Mind Dream Lying Next Sound Sleep Doors Ready Wake Up Harmony Studios Neighbor Apartment Glimpse Naps Hallways Dream World Recording Studio

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.”

Thinking Way I Can Hard Age Certain Rooms Brain Break Records Type My Family Genre Because I Can Living Room Wiring Genres Of Music Synapses

Author: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 pipe down. It's a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my enjoyment. I'd rather not know.”

People Thinking Knows Years Real Christian Speak Audience Trouble Republican Conflict Election Fundamentals Clouds Enjoyment Desperate Concerts Pipe Election Years

Author:Linda Ronstadt

“I dont think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you dont discourage something that may be rather nice.”

Thinking Love Looks May Can Do Situation Nice Love Yourself Discouraging Looking For Love

Author:Linda Ronstadt

“I think it was a modest thing I did (Fahrenheit 9/11) ... this is an election year ... I'm not telling them how to vote. I'm saying get information about the issues ... at first there's just silence, then there's 'Yeah!' and then there's 'Boo' ... I have never seen a reaction like this, in all my years of touring ... Clear Channel can't threaten to not play my records because they are not going to play them anyway.”

Thinking Years Firsts Play Silence Music Issues Clear Records Information Vote Election Yeah Reactions Modest Touring Election Years

Author:Linda Ronstadt

“When the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby, it helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky.”

Thinking Helping Bigs Night Sleep Sadness Sky Wind Lonesome Lullaby

Author:Linda Ronstadt

“Somewhere out there, beneath the pale moonlight, someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight.”

Thinking Philosophy Tonight Pale Moonlight Loving Me Somewhere Out There

Author:Linda Ronstadt

“Even though I know how very far apart we are, it helps to think we might be wishing underneath the same bright star.”

Thinking Knows Helping Might Wish Stars Know How Romantic Bright Star

Author:Linda Ronstadt

About the Author

Born: July 15, 1946
Known for: Singer
Quotes: 87

Books & Sources

Simple Dreams: A Musical MemoirRelated source material

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