Jackie DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon is an American singer-songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. She was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock 'n' roll period. DeShannon is currently an entertainment broadcast correspondent reporting historical anecdotes and current Beatles band members' news for Breakfast with the Beatles on Sirius XM Satellite Radio on the weekends...
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth21 August 1941
CityHazel, KY
vanity giving stories
The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure.
american-musician guitar sit songs three
I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.
ahead american-musician great
There was a lot of great writing couples, but I try to do it all myself. And it was practically impossible, but I still managed to be ahead of my time.
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Every day I'm doing things, it's surprising to me, because this is about what following your passion does - it moves you, you don't move it.
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I used to go to tons of foreign films.
american-musician miss songs
I think the songs are what I miss most.
ignorance kind bliss
Ignorance is kind of bliss.
years expectations people
I've always been careful to put out the very best work I can. One of the things I value the most is the love and faith that people have given me over the years, so I try to live up to their expectations and my own standards of what I'm capable of.
guitar play piano
Most of the time I sit down with my guitar or at the piano, and I play for awhile until I get a new riff or groove that I like a lot. Then I'll concentrate on building around that line of thought by adding words and textures. At first I'm only trying to please myself, and hopefully what I like will appeal to others.
religious religion mountain
Lord, we don't need another mountain.
peace heart special
Put a little love in your heart, and the world will be a better place.
responsibility long way
And being away and not performing for a long time and really connecting with my audience for a long time, I have a great responsibility to myself and to them to do it exactly the way the process was when I was young.
thinking trying records
When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically.
strong passion agendas
We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.