The 1978 song Linda Ronstadt knew never belonged to her: “I changed it around a little”Linda Ronstadt has always been a better song interpreter than a songwriter. Because when you look at Ronstadt’s approach to music, choosing songs was a very precious exercise whenever she made a new record. Then again, there were more than a few people who weren’t prepared for when the punk revolution took place in the late 1970s. I really loved the song but I didn’t see any way that I could do it. It wasn’t what he intended, but some of the greatest songs of all time are meant to be a little bit malleable.