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. It's like your making a baby in here, but you get to decide wetIt's so a i have to stick to the creation of the song, rather than the interpretation of the song when it's it's mine.
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.