I think I have to work to write a happy song. I write them carefully; they're simple and they're about when it's fun to walk down the street. You know? Because that's the best thing about when you're happy. It's… — Rickie Lee Jones Copy Share Image
Somehow credibility comes into play if you do things that are too familiar. — Rickie Lee Jones Copy Share Image
I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background. — Rickie Lee Jones Copy Share Image
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… — Rickie Lee Jones Copy Share Image
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… — Rickie Lee Jones Copy Share Image
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.… — Rickie Lee Jones Copy Share Image
