Ronnie Spector – HuffPost 11.24.10

Mike Ragogna: Ronnie, I just have one more question for you. What is your advice for new artists?

Ronnie Spector: Read the fine print. (laughs)

MR: (laughs)

RD: You know what it is with new artists? You’re so anxious to get on, get out in front of that audience, and sing for people that you really don’t look at your contracts and all the fine print–you really don’t. That’s the only advice that I have, and I’ll say it until I drop dead because people are young, want to be on stage, want a hit record, and they don’t think about the fine print. You know why I didn’t? The Ronettes were so popular, and we made so much money that I never thought about it coming from the record company. I thought it was my personal appearances that would make me thousands, and it did.