This is quite serious. She was always quite funny, particularly on Laugh-In, and many a Dean Martin Roast on NBC in the 1970's.
"I think honesty is of the first, utmost importance in art... any art. After that comes technique and... after that comes talent. Honesty is first. All the rest of the things are important, too, but they're secondary. Without honesty, I don't care how much technique you have, you have nothing."--Linda Ronstadt