Quotes from Linda Ronstadt

Singing with Aaron Neville, he pulled stuff out of my voice I never could have gotten, because if he's providing XYZ, I have to put in ABC, and usually I don't have to put in ABC.

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 Harris.

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.

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 singing.

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 great roommates that you like.

I miss singing every day. I can't sing anymore. My voice doesn't work. I have Parkinson's disease, and it sometimes takes my words away from me.

You and I, travel to the beat of a different drum, can't you tell by the way I run, every time you make eyes at me.

I always sang harmony with my family growing up.

Having children makes you see the world in a completely different way. When you're responsible for those little lives, you can't slough it off or forget about it until later.

Time washes clean, love's wounds unseen.

The thing you have to be prepared for is that other people don't always dream your dream.

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

Men are very delicate. They don't like being rejected.

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.

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.

I used to feel kind of impatient with people who couldn't do things fast or couldn't remember stuff.

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.

Don't know much, but I know I love you.

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 through it.

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.

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

I always thought competition was for horse races and it never belonged in art. I never felt that competitive with other girl singers, really.

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

I can remember sitting at the piano. My sister was playing, and my brother was singing something, and I said, 'I want to try that.'