Ten minutes before you go onstage and you begin singing that torchy blues song, you may just be drinking a glass of water and brushing your teeth and…

- Ronee Blakley

I was brought up in the Christian church and I studied in the teachings of Jesus. I believed in caring for others and trying to be kind. It's somethi…

- Ronee Blakley

I don't care how somebody gets their education, as long as they have one.

- Ronee Blakley

Things are changing. They need to change more. It should not be of any note that a woman does something, because women do everything.

- Ronee Blakley

To me, the housewife who puts her teacups unwashed in the sink because her husband won't wash them, is political. Every act is political: the things …

- Ronee Blakley

Singers, musicians, and songwriters don't want to use the word "acting" because we want it to be more real than that - we want it to come from us: na…

- Ronee Blakley

My daughter could do and be anything, without having to fight to get through the glass ceiling. Without having it be so extraordinary. If my daughter…

- Ronee Blakley

You don't want to say somebody did a great job of acting. You want to say, "Where did he find that person? How did he get that factory worker to come…

- Ronee Blakley

I do use reality because I want my work to feel real, I want it to feel heartfelt. I don't want to make it up and have it sound corny or unrelatable.

- Ronee Blakley