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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The thing I like about singing duets is that I get things out of my voice I never get singing by myself. "

" 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. "

" Everywhere you go, there's a soundtrack. You can't really quite hear it. It's just a little out of the range of hearing. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Singing with Aaron Neville, he pulled stuff out of my voice I never could have gotten, because if he's providing XYZ, I have to put in ABC, and usually I don't have to put in ABC. "

" It's a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my enjoyment. I'd rather not know. "

" I can remember sitting at the piano. My sister was playing, and my brother was singing something, and I said, 'I want to try that.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Art is for healing ourselves, and everybody needs their own personal art to heal up their problems. "

" The only reason to be with somebody is that they make you a better person and you make them a better person. "

" I miss singing every day. I can't sing anymore. My voice doesn't work. I have Parkinson's disease, and it sometimes takes my words away from me. "

" I always thought competition was for horse races and it never belonged in art. I never felt that competitive with other girl singers, really. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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'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. "

" The thing you have to be prepared for is that other people don't always dream your dream. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "