You knew from the beginning your career that you wanted to have staying power. You were aware of the danger of being used up too fast. The only way for me was to write work that was so iconic and so powerful, like frank senatra, who was my hero. So it's been a life experience, not a qreer experience. It's been learning how to navigate life.
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.