Linda Ronstadt Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“The smell of the carpet in a hotel room is the same everywhere.”

“The thing I like about singing duets is that I get things out of my voice I never get singing by myself.”

“To sing with Frank Sinatra in any capacity at all is overwhelming.”

“As I got older, I got Parkinson's disease, so I couldn't sing at all. That's what happened to me. I was singing at my best strength when I developed Parkinson's. I think I've had it for quite a while.”

“For years, I've been interviewed, and they write what they thought I thought or what they thought I said. Sometimes it's accurate, and often it isn't.”

“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.”

“I can't really walk well. The muscles don't get the electronic signals from my brain, not that there's anything wrong with the muscles themselves. It's just my brain.”

“I didn't know why I couldn't sing - all I knew was that it was muscular or mechanical. Then, when I was diagnosed with Parkinson's, I was finally given the reason. I now understand that no one can sing with Parkinson's disease. No matter how hard you try. And in my case, I can't sing a note.”

“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.”

“I got a couple of different contacts from publishing companies saying they'd be interested in a book about my work: not a kiss-and-tell book, which I specifically put in the contract. Just a book about my work and what I did.”