“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.” ThinkingFirstsSaidStarsNumbersWorrySingersGradesArithmetic Author:Linda Ronstadt
“I just thought that I was going to get to sing for a living and I wouldn't have to go to work in the department store or whatever else you did if you were a woman in those days.” IfsStoresDepartmentDepartment Stores Author:Linda Ronstadt
“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
“A lot of singers that I've heard that I may not like their sensibility, but I see that they're entitled to whatever they get. People don't get there without talent, they really don't.” PeopleMayHeardTalentSingersSensibilityEntitled Author:Linda Ronstadt
“If you don't have story to tell the public at large - you have to be able to sort of go listen.” IfsStoriesAble Author:Linda Ronstadt
“Whatever you want, you can make things happen.” WantHappensThings HappenMake Things Happen Author:Wilbert Rideau
“When I would be on the stage singing, I would see a movie of something that happened, I would be telling the story. I would be describing the story in sound, but my goal would be to make somebody else run their own movie.” StoriesWould BeRunningSoundGoalHappenedStageSingingDescribing Author:Linda Ronstadt
“I never went to the Beatles' concerts to scream. I never screamed at anybody's show. I was on my feet with the entire, all of the crowned heads of Motown, and we were shrieking our guts out.” ShowsFeetGutsConcertsScreamMotown Author:Linda Ronstadt
“I think that Frank Sinatra was maybe the greatest pop singer.” ThinkingPopsSingersFrank Author:Linda Ronstadt