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
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.
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?
memories incurable-disease short-memory
You never know when you're making a memory.
games play break
You can't break the rules until you know how to play the game.
reading growing rebirth
I get weary of reading about rebirths because we're all growing all the time and it diminishes the life you've lived if you say 'I'm a new person.
creating enjoy creating-music
I really enjoy creating music onstage, to participate in making music live.
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.
unanswered-questions turns
Who can I turn to? Who can I trust?
dancing lines welfare
Dancin' in the welfare lines.
sex night clean
Love will wash you clean in the nights disgrace.
sex down-and broke
He loved her, free parts and labor. But she broke down and died.
stills asks
I'm respected, I'm still working, what more could I ask?
imagination active
I've always had an active imagination.
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.