I always sang harmony with my family growing up.
From Linda Ronstadt
I grew up in a big sky country. Then I lived in Manhattan, where you can only see the sky between buildings, and then I went into a building where you couldn't see the sky at all. I didn't like that so much.
I wanted to sing when I was little. That's what I liked doing. It didn't occur to me that you became famous or anything like that.
I had a lot of chances to do things that other people don't ever get, and I have to be content with that. I have to look around for some other way to make myself useful.
To sing with Frank Sinatra in any capacity at all is overwhelming.
You don't want people who have never had to deal with adversity - you want people who have been able to deal successfully with adversity. That's what adds to society. Those are going to be the hardest-working, best people.
You don't forget you have Parkinson's disease, believe me, especially in the shower. If you are not paying attention, you fall down.
People have often written about me, that I did this for this reason and that for that reason, and they're usually 98 percent wrong.
Songwriting wasn't my gift. I think you have to cultivate a gift; you have to practice and develop craft around your gift so that you can execute it in more convenient, efficient ways.
I'd go over to my grandmother's house, and she'd be playing opera. They loved opera. Not only did they play it on the radio, but they played it on their piano. Everybody learned how to read music and how to play.
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