Time & Perspective Quote by Ronnie Spector

Ronnie Spector’s line lands like a sly mic-drop: affectionate, defensive, and triumphant in the same breath. The opener - “So don’t get me wrong” - isn’t just conversational; it’s a preemptive move against the usual narrative that gets slapped onto legacy artists, especially women from early pop eras: that nostalgia is a trap, that you must either disown your old hits to seem serious or treat them like a museum exhibit. Spector refuses both options.

“I love my songs, and I still love hearing them” is radical in its simplicity. After decades of other people repackaging, licensing, covering, and mythologizing that sound, she insists on authorship and pleasure. Not “the fans love them,” not “they changed music,” but I love them. That’s the subtext: these aren’t artifacts that belong to critics, collectors, or the industry’s old boys’ club. They’re hers, emotionally and aesthetically.

Then she flips the register: “That’s history, baby.” It’s a wink with teeth. “History” carries the weight of canon-making - the Ronettes as a foundational text of pop, the girl-group era as more than cute retro wallpaper. “Baby” keeps it street-level, reminding you that history isn’t only written in textbooks; it’s sung into teenagers’ bedrooms, blasted from car radios, and lived in bodies. Coming from Spector - whose career also includes being controlled, exploited, and yet enduring - the line reads as self-recognition: she’s not stuck in the past. The past is stuck with her, and it’s still on the charts of culture.