Linda Ronstadt

Singer and actress.

Had a string of highly successful country and pop singles during the 1970s, including "When Will I Be Loved" (a 1975 No. 1 country hit); "Heat Wave" (also 1975); "Tracks of My Tears" ; and "Blue Bayou" .

With country performers Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris , formed The Trio, releasing two successful albums--in 1987 and 1999. Only their first song, "To Know Him is to Love Him" , would go to #1 on Billboard magazines country singles chart.

Has 11 Grammy Awards.

Ranked #21 on VH1s 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll

Her brother, Peter Ronstadt, is former police chief of Tucson, Arizona.

In an interview published on 15 July 2004, she told the San Diego Union-Tribune that the presence of a "Republican or fundamental Christian" in her concert audience "can cloud my enjoyment."

Was nominated for Broadways 1981 Tony Award as Best Actress for "The Pirates of Penzance," a role she recreated in the film version of the same title, The Pirates of Penzance .

Revealed in a late 1970s Rolling Stone magazine interview that she was battling severe depression.

Lindas paternal grandfather, Frederico Jose Maria Ronstadt, was born in Banamichi, Sonora, Mexico, to a German father, Friederich August Ronstadt, and a Mexican mother, Margarita Redondo y Vasquez, who also had Spanish and Italian ancestry. Lindas paternal grandmother, Maria Guadalupe Agustina Dalton, was born in Arizona, of one quarter English and three quarters Mexican/Spanish-Mexican descent. Lindas mother had English, German, and Dutch ancestry.

Has recorded and performed in the widest diversity of genres in popular music such as country, rock, standards, rock n roll, reggae, New Wave, rhythm and blues, folk, big band, jazz, Cajun, opera, Broadway, Latin American, Mexican and Afro-Cuban, childrens music, acoustic rock, adult contemporary, art rock and gospel.

She has two adopted children: Carlos (born 1994) and Mary.

Attended and graduated from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.

Was engaged to George Lucas.

Ex-girlfriend of then-California governor Jerry Brown.

[1997] Diagnosed with Hashimotos thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease attacking the thyroid, which has contributed to her weight gain over the years.

[1983] Dated Jim Carrey when he was 21 years old and she was 37.

Half-niece of Luisa Espinel. (Luisa was Lindas fathers half-sister).

Parents are Gilbert Ronstadt (1911-1995) and Ruth Mary Ronstadt (1914-1982).

(August 2013) Disclosed that she is suffering from Parkinsons disease and can no longer "sing a note". She also said she received the Parkinsons diagnosis about eight months before.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 10, 2014.

Big-league ball players have an expression for an unhittable fastball. They call it a "Linda Ronstadt" since the pitch "blew by you" a play on words referring to her hit, "Blue Bayou".

I had tried marijuana several times, but in the words of my friend and longtime assistant Janet Stark, “When I smoke pot, it makes me want to hide under the bed with a box of graham crackers and not share.

The dream world of sleep and the dream world of music are not far apart. I often catch glimpses of one as I pass through a door to the other, like encountering a neighbor in the hallway going into the apartment next to one’s own. In the recording studio, I would often lie down to nap and wake up with harmony parts fully formed in my mind, ready to be recorded. I think of music as dreaming in sound.

You have to erect a fence and say "Okay scale this. ",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.

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