In committing to artistic growth, you have to refine your skills to support your instincts.
Linda RonstadtI can't sing half as well as Claudia Lennear. Hats off to her, but somehow, things happened for me.
Linda RonstadtIn the United States, we spend millions of dollars on sports because it promotes teamwork, discipline, and the experience of learning to make great progress in small increments. Learning to play music does all this and more.
Linda RonstadtI believe in the empirical wisdom of science, just to start with, so I hope that there might be some treatment out there that might be helpful.
Linda RonstadtEven though I know how very far apart we are, it helps to think we might be wishing underneath the same bright star.
Linda RonstadtThe dream world of sleep and the dream world of music are not far apart. I often catch glimpses of one as I pass through a door to the other, like encountering a neighbor in the hallway going into the apartment next to oneโs own. In the recording studio, I would often lie down to nap and wake up with harmony parts fully formed in my mind, ready to be recorded. I think of music as dreaming in sound.
Linda Ronstadt