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
american-musician miss songs
I think the songs are what I miss most.
song art school
When I was writing songs or performing or producing or dabbling in movies or even putting my career on hold to go to art school, I was just following my muse. A woman who did that then was criticized for having no direction. Today they call it versatility.
song believe fall
No, I got my web site going and said I have the record out. People were just falling on the floor - they couldn't believe it - after all that time. You know, it wasn't a compilation, it was new songs.
song writing doe
There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there are also good writers, but that doesn't dominate the charts.
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.
american-musician foreign tons
I used to go to tons of foreign films.
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.
american-musician following moves passion surprising
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.
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.