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" I didn't know why I couldn't sing - all I knew was that it was muscular or mechanical. Then, when I was diagnosed with Parkinson's, I was finally given the reason. I now understand that no one can sing with Parkinson's disease. No matter how hard you try. And in my case, I can't sing a note. "

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" I didn't think I was a famous singer. I didn't think I was a star or that I could make the waters part - just that singing was what I was going to do. "

Linda Ronstadt

Singer

Think

Famous

" I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. "

" I got a couple of different contacts from publishing companies saying they'd be interested in a book about my work: not a kiss-and-tell book, which I specifically put in the contract. Just a book about my work and what I did. "

" Parkinson's is very hard to diagnose. So when I finally went to a neurologist, and he said, 'Oh, you have Parkinson's disease,' I was completely shocked. "

Linda Ronstadt

Disease

You

" I've been lucky in my life to work with people who I consider master singers. "

" I never thought of myself as a rock singer. I was interested in songs like 'Heart Like a Wheel,' and I liked the others for about 15 minutes. "

" The whole thing with recording is you have to know when to turn off the tape machine and just stop recording because you want to keep fixing, fixing, fixing, you know? "

" I can't really walk well. The muscles don't get the electronic signals from my brain, not that there's anything wrong with the muscles themselves. It's just my brain. "

" To sing with Frank Sinatra in any capacity at all is overwhelming. "

" I wish I had as much in bed as I get in the newspapers. "

" 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. "

" I always say if music can't make you cry, you're a hopeless case. I don't cry very much myself, but it's my job to make you cry. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You don't forget you have Parkinson's disease, believe me, especially in the shower. If you are not paying attention, you fall down. "

Linda Ronstadt

You

Believe

" In the Troubadour days, it was all those songwriters that I hung around with all the time, so I could get songs and find out what was going on. So we all knew each other, and we just carried each other's word around. "

" 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. "

" I always sang harmony with my family growing up. "

" I admire people's marriages, and I think it's a wonderful thing to have, but I don't think it's the only way to live. I think there are many ways to live and many ways to establish intimate support in your life that can be from family or friends or great roommates that you like. "

" I'm your basic atheist that believes in maybe - I'm a spiritual atheist. "

" 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. "

" Having children makes you see the world in a completely different way. When you're responsible for those little lives, you can't slough it off or forget about it until later. "

" In 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. "

" I had a galvanised voice: I could sing through a 105 fever or a flu or a root canal or anything that you could throw at me. "

Linda Ronstadt

Through

Flu

" The smell of the carpet in a hotel room is the same everywhere. "

" I've never been happy with the quality of my work. I always felt as though my musicianship was lacking and that I should have worked harder at it when I was younger. As I sang and sang, I improved. "

" There should not be a question of legal or illegal immigration. People came and immigrated to this country from the time of the Indians. No one's illegal. They should just be able to come. "

" Full disclosure here - I had a terrible crush on Smokey Robinson, like every other female on the planet. "

Linda Ronstadt

Crush

Planet

" Sometimes I was frivolous. Did you have some frivolous years? I had to live mine out in public. "

" I used to feel kind of impatient with people who couldn't do things fast or couldn't remember stuff. "