Simple Dreams : A Musical Memoir (CD-Audio)

from cherybear

Love Linda. Love her music. In fact, I'm going to buy some stuff to add to what I have. But. . . she is not a writer. The book is pretty disjointed. Her style is oddly stilted. She describes relationships as "I was keeping company with. . ." Who talks like this in 2013? Suddenly she talks about h...

from pennsylady

★ ★ ★ This autobi is true to title. It revolves around the musical career of Linda Ronstadt. I appreciated the close look at her career and those instrumental to it. However, I found it strangely shy of personal detail. Bear in mind, I have an attachment to her career in a particular era and ther...

from clue

This is not so much a personal memoir as it is a history of the music scene of the 70's and 80's. Very interesting overall but sometimes too much a list of performances.

from Citizenjoyce

If you want to know about Linda Ronstadt's life, look somewhere else. There is very little personal information and no emotion surrounding it. She doesn't even mention Parkinson's, which she has elsewhere said is her reason for leaving her career, which was everything to her. However, if you want...

from TomKitten

I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard Linda Ronstadt's voice. I was riding in my Dad's old Chevy Impala and we had just turned on to Croyland Avenue, in my hometown, and this voice came out of the car radio: "You and I travel to the beat of a different drum ...". When the song end...