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It\u2019s common for a musician to struggle with the vulnerability of listening back to their own work. However, when someone like Linda Ronstadt<\/a> declares their hatred for the one thing that gave her her name, it\u2019s really something.<\/p>\n \u201cI hate music,\u201d Ronstadt once said, words that disregard everything that she\u2019s ever said about those she grew up with and those she surrounded herself with at LA\u2019s bustling Troubadour scene. When you dig deeper, it\u2019s clear that isn\u2019t exactly the case, but the words themselves seem cutting enough to make you think that Ronstadt might just despise everything to do with the art form and all that it\u2019s given her.<\/p>\n In reality, however, it\u2019s more to do with that vulnerability, and having to live with being her own worst critic whenever it comes to listening to her own voice. Ronstadt\u2019s main gripe has always been that she feels she was never a good singer, or at least, not the kind that she wanted to be, until much later in her career. But by that point, most of her best work had already gone out.<\/p>\n As she once reflected, \u201cI hate [all my records]. I don\u2019t particularly care for the sound of my voice. I\u2019m delighted when anybody likes it, and I always try my best. I generally feel a song when I\u2019m singing it, but I just don\u2019t like to hear it back.\u201d <\/p>\n That said, there are some moments that Ronstadt likes, like her collaborations with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris, and those she did with arranger Nelson Riddle. She also enjoyed Adieu False Heart, the record she made with Ann Savoy, even though it was after she was diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease, and she found it difficult to sing. \u201cI had to whisper everything,\u201d she told The Guardian<\/a>. \u201cBut that was a really successful record for us \u2013 artistically successful.\u201d<\/p>\n