Quotes from Linda Barnes

Record company execs eat their young, I swear to God.

If life can end in one minute - so damn quickly with no damn warning - you better do what you want to do now right this minute. Because your next minute might not happen.

Guilt is the major motivating force in my life.

Singers come and go; the music business waxes and wanes. The blues are popular and unpopular, often at the same time.

If life can end in one minute - so damn quickly with no damn warning - you better do what you want to do now right this minute. Because your next minute might not happen.

If it's my day to die, then I will die... Death is quick and final. Survival is long and hard.

With a stranger's hands, you can tie a string around a cat's neck." In other words: If you care about the results, do it yourself.

As my grandmother used to say: You're such a brain, you can worry more in one minute than other people can in a whole year.