“The record label once warned Linda Ronstadt, ‘We don’t think you should work with Nelson Riddle—it could bri I looked at them as though they had suddenly grown four heads. To me, it was never a joke or a decision that needed to be weighed. When I opened my mouth to sing, that was simply the music that naturally rose from the de Mexican music was the same. I didn’t choose it—it had always lived inside me. The moment I opened my mouth, the Spanish melodies and lyrics came pouring out. Those songs had been waiting in my mind for years, crowded together like cattle behind a gate, each one longing for its turn to break free and be heard.”
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