Quotes from Rickie Lee Jones

When I was single my career was my life, so everything I did was of grave importance and was greatly disturbing.

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.

I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background.

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.

I've always had an active imagination.

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.

I like words. Words are places, rooms, distant airs, thin and tropical. They make us feel and imagine we are more than our bodies.

My family in general - they're troubled or poorer people.

Somehow credibility comes into play if you do things that are too familiar.

You never know when you're making a memory.

As a musician, I've accomplished what I hoped to accomplish.

You can't break the rules until you know how to play the game.

It's OK to not be political unless your country is falling apart.

I want to work and be happy.

I think we are dying in America, I think our democracy is over.

I'm easily destroyed and I operate on emotional levels.

There is no fear before and no fear after. We give our best.