A biography for Ronnie Spectorhasn’t been written yet.
“But I don't really like to discuss Phil anymore.”
“So don't get me wrong, I love my songs, and I still love hearing them. That's history, baby.”
“When I do a concert and people put their hands in the air, they're doing it on their own.”
“Back 20 years ago, I was recording with Bruce Springsteen, and his producer called me and said I had to be in the studio the next day to finish the sessions, and I couldn't. I had to be in court, in California. All this took like 10 years out of my life.”
“I love my songs, let's not get crazy here.”
“I love the fact that 35 years later, I still hear my songs on the radio.”
“Stage performing is a dying art form.”
“My honeymoon night was spent on the floor in the bathroom with my mother.”
“But, you know, the Stones were my opening act in the Sixties. I loved those British guys, the way they just stood there and shook their hair.”
“I used to cry myself to sleep every night. I missed singing so much. And performing. Man, I missed it so much.”
“Most of the groups I worked with 30 years ago are either dead or dead broke. And it's a shame.”
“I just want to get on stage and sing and be happy.”
“Today, they're just up there for the money, just packaged and be gone.”
“We had the skirts with the slits up the side, sort of tough, sort of Spanish Harlem cool, but sweet too.”
“I think Behind the Music is good for people like Leif Garrett and Motley Crue.”
“From that first meeting, I totally loved working with Joey, it was a real collaboration.”
“I mean, Janet Jackson? She's like Michael Jackson with hair.”
“Kill Rock Stars allowed me to put out a real genuine rock 'n' roll record.”
“I see the Ricky Martin thing, and everything is like, just packaged for this moment. Where are they going to be 10 years, 20 years from now?”
“Well, first of all, they're all about the music and all I care about in my professional career is the music.”