When I was single my career was my life, so everything I did was of grave importance and was greatly disturbing. – Rickie Lee Jones
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. – Rickie Lee Jones
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
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. – Rickie Lee Jones
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. – Rickie Lee Jones
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.’ – Rickie Lee Jones
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? – Rickie Lee Jones
