When i hear a song, i can mould it in any direction i want. But when i write it, it's almost like taking dictation. This is the way i have to play it. If i play it another way, that will be what it looks like. Different for you to perform songs that were written by other people rather than songs written by yourself. Want one song that i think is remarkable that you do is a cover of the rolling stone, sympathy for the devil. That's exactly what i would wish happend so yes, i have a very different relationship with music.
Long a believer in the impossible, Rickie Lee Jones has lived an extraordinary life of song. Here, she reflects on five decades of making music.