Linda Ronstadt Looks Back on Four Decades of Music

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I hope nobody has posted this yet:

www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2013/10/03/linda-ronstadt-interview-long-long-time-simple-dreams-2/#sthash.exQJqRgm.dpbs

[the Scribe]

Mar 2, 2017 23:38:45 GMT -5 @bradley said:

I hope nobody has posted this yet:

www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2013/10/03/linda-ronstadt-interview-long-long-time-simple-dreams-2/#sthash.exQJqRgm.dpbs

I recall parts of it but even if it was posted before it was really nice to read it again. Thank you for posting it. It goes to show how Linda is something special.

[fabtastique]

Thanks for posting this. Very good interview

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You're welcome.

[erik]

Now I've mentioned this many times before, but in the interviews, including this one, that Linda did in the months immediately after both her memoir and word of her Parkinson's diagnosis came out, she seemed to be less self-deprecating about her work than she had so often been in the past, which I felt was sometimes to the point of distraction.

She also seemed to admit that she didn't do quite enough in terms of musicianship because, at that time, she felt she didn't need to, and that it was a huge mistake to think that way. She seemed to say that she cheated herself, as when it came to being able to hone her guitar playing, even if us fans and her peers were more forgiving.

At the same time, however, I got the sense, both through her memoir and the interviews she's done, that she has come to the realization that she had a long and extremely fruitful, not to mention hugely influential career.

[philly]

Mar 3, 2017 10:50:06 GMT -5 erik said:

Now I've mentioned this many times before, but in the interviews, including this one, that Linda did in the months immediately after both her memoir and word of her Parkinson's diagnosis came out, she seemed to be less self-deprecating about her work than she had so often been in the past, which I felt was sometimes to the point of distraction.

She also seemed to admit that she didn't do quite enough in terms of musicianship because, at that time, she felt she didn't need to, and that it was a huge mistake to think that way. She seemed to say that she cheated herself, as when it came to being able to hone her guitar playing, even if us fans and her peers were more forgiving.

At the same time, however, I got the sense, both through her memoir and the interviews she's done, that she has come to the realization that she had a long and extremely fruitful, not to mention hugely influential career.

Perhaps losing it made her better realize what a gift she had. When Linda was researching herself to write her memoir, she acknowledged how much of a musical chameleon she'd actually been. All the top artists wanting to work with her had more to it than just looking cute in a skirt. I don't know, maybe some performers think it's bad luck to not try to deflect a compliment. Alison Krauss is always doing that, answering praise with a little dig at herself, looking down at the floor, etc...

[markm]

Thanks for posting that. I enjoyed reading it.