Rickie Lee Jones

“I didn't have any great job prospects.”

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

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

“I'm so positive.”

“I'm terribly human.”

“Popular music has always had its really horrendous stuff.”

“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'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 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 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.”