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. Linda Ronstadt Read Quote
I know my own father’s business was very dependent on the goodwill and business and trade from people in northern Mexico. We knew their families and went to their weddings and baptisms and balls and picnics, and we had a great time with them. Linda Ronstadt Read Quote
You have the United States, and you have Mexico, and then you have this Mexican-American thing which is this third culture, which I like to call Aztlan. Linda Ronstadt Read Quote
I listen mostly to live music, and mostly my musical experience was playing music with other people. Linda Ronstadt Read Quote
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. Linda Ronstadt Read Quote
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. Linda Ronstadt Read Quote
I’m a chameleon. I can change my voice a lot. I always was able to, because in my family’s music, I was a harmony singer, and harmony singing is really hard. Linda Ronstadt Read Quote
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. Linda Ronstadt Read Quote
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. Linda Ronstadt Read Quote
