Rickie Lee Jones quotes

You never know when you're making a memory. (Rickie Lee Jones)
I like words. Words are places, rooms, distant airs, thin and tropical. They make us feel and imagine we are more than our bodies. View quote
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Popular music has always had its really horrendous stuff. View quote
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There is no fear before and no fear after. We give our best. View quote
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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. View quote
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I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background. View quote
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My worst job was working in the laundry of a nursing home. View quote
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I want to work and be happy. View quote
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I think poetry is best read to oneself. View quote
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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. View quote
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I really enjoy creating music onstage, to participate in making music live. (Rickie Lee Jones)
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. View quote
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I think we are dying in America, I think our democracy is over. View quote
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I didn't have any great job prospects. View quote
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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. View quote
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Somehow credibility comes into play if you do things that are too familiar. View quote
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I'm easily destroyed and I operate on emotional levels. View quote
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When I was single my career was my life, so everything I did was of grave importance and was greatly disturbing. View quote
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For the most part, people use God as Santa Claus. View quote
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As a musician, I've accomplished what I hoped to accomplish. View quote
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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. (Rickie Lee Jones)
It's OK to not be political unless your country is falling apart. View quote
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You can't break the rules until you know how to play the game. View quote
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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. View quote
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I had a terrible manager once who described my career as 'spiraling downward. View quote
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Rickie Lee Jones

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: November 8, 1954
Quotes count: 26