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
hair kind stage
I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and that was kind of hair-raising. At some point I just went, don't be frightened, you can't do anything wrong, it's your show.
people singing jazz
I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background.
careers terrible managers
I had a terrible manager once who described my career as 'spiraling downward.
unanswered-questions turns
Who can I turn to? Who can I trust?
thinking two people
Singing other people's material was perceived, I think, as a weakness of my persona. The effect, though, was to make me dig my heels in and try even harder to combine the two.
giving no-fear
There is no fear before and no fear after. We give our best.
people my-family
My family in general - they're troubled or poorer people.
country fall political
It's OK to not be political unless your country is falling apart.
children party people
In my opinion, the Republican Party is the last on the list to care about the needs of old people and children and poor people.
imagination active
I've always had an active imagination.
stills asks
I'm respected, I'm still working, what more could I ask?
emotional levels destroyed
I'm easily destroyed and I operate on emotional levels.
mother strong who-i-am
I was raised by a strong mother and I never felt like I had to be a role, you know, I was just me, who I am.
want
I want to work and be happy.