“IT TOOK HIM A LIFETIME TO ADMIT WHAT THE MUSIC ALWAYS KNEW.” For years, people felt something quietly living between Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt. Not drama. Not headlines. Just a pull you could hear in the way their voices leaned toward each other. They never explained it. And somehow, that made it feel more real. Now, decades later, Browne finally said what had been sitting there all along. Slowly. Gently. Like someone choosing the right moment instead of the loud one. Linda wasn’t just a collaborator. She was the feeling behind the songs. The person he was writing toward without ever saying her name. There was no regret in his voice. Just honesty. Some truths don’t disappear with time. They just wait until we’re brave enough to let them breathe.
For decades, Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne have stood as pillars of American music, their lives and artistry intertwined through…