Linda Ronstadt on Skipping Rock Hall Ceremony:

‘If You’re Working for Prizes, You’re in Trouble’

Health is the primary reason Linda Ronstadt will not be attending next week’s 29th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Brooklyn. But, the singer tells Billboard, she’s really not all that chuffed about missing it.

“I haven’t given it one thought, I have to say,” Ronstadt says. “It wasn’t anything I ever thought about. I never thought of myself as a rock’ n’ roll singer; I sang it, (but) it’s just one of the things I sang. I sang a lot of different stuff. I didn’t go the last two times I was nominated for a Grammy, either. I don’t have anything against it; you just don’t do things for those reasons. If you’re working for prizes, you’re in trouble. There’s nothing wrong with it. I don’t mind it. It’s just not anything I ever gave a thought to.”

Ronstadt added that she hasn’t spoken with anyone from the Rock Hall herself, quipping, “I don’t think they have my number.”

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By Gary Graff, Detroit | April 01, 2014 11:52 AM EDT