Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jonesis an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer. Over the course of a career that spans five decades, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth8 November 1954
CountryUnited States of America
careers graves importance
When I was single my career was my life, so everything I did was of grave importance and was greatly disturbing.
christ guy rid
Whatever it is Christ said doesn't get a fair shake. There's not much written, it was done 150 years later, and it was used to create an empire. So can we get rid of all that and just see what the guy said?
imaginary maintain needed people reasons spent
I spent my childhood in an imaginary world - probably because I needed an escape. I think that's one of the reasons people have imaginations - because they can't maintain existence here.
play credibility familiar
Somehow credibility comes into play if you do things that are too familiar.
kids house three
I never knew when I was gong to leave. I might be walking over to a kid's house, then of all a sudden I would just stick out my thumb and hitchhike across three states.
hate thinking community
I would like to be a part of a community of women, and help women be empowered, but I think I'm not necessarily political. I say that because I really hate politicians, so I don't fancy sitting around and thinking about them all the time.
stuff popular-music
Popular music has always had its really horrendous stuff.
sex down-and broke
He loved her, free parts and labor. But she broke down and died.
sex night clean
Love will wash you clean in the nights disgrace.
dancing lines welfare
Dancin' in the welfare lines.
jobs home nursing
My worst job was working in the laundry of a nursing home.
thinking poetry-is oneself
I think poetry is best read to oneself.
jobs great-job prospects
I didn't have any great job prospects.
musician accomplished accomplish
As a musician, I've accomplished what I hoped to accomplish.