I think the zenith of popular songwriting to the United States of America was that period that started in the '20s and went into the '50s. It was the period of the great American standard song.
Linda RonstadtWhat my true addiction is is reading. I love to read. If I'd get too loaded, I couldn't remember the sentence I just read.
Linda RonstadtMusic should be an elective experience. You should go, "I'm going to sit down and listen to some Beethoven, by God," and then you get to hear it.
Linda RonstadtI can't sing half as well as Claudia Lennear. Hats off to her, but somehow, things happened for me.
Linda Ronstadt