Despite not being motivated to pursue a career in music, Rashida Jones did backing vocals for Maroon 5’s first two albums.
Despite being the daughter of Quincy Jonesone of the greatest producers in the history of music, Rashida Jones did not pursue a career as a musical artist. Instead, she followed in her mother’s footsteps, Peggy Liptonactress famous for productions such as The Mod Squad, Twin Peaks, The Messenger (1997), When in Rome (2010), among others.
Already Rashida acted in series and films such as Parks and Recreation, The Office, Silo, Fun Mind (2015) and Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012). During participation in the podcast SmartLesshosted by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett, the artist discussed her father’s legacy in music, where he worked with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Patti Austin, etc.
“My dad is a musical genius. It’s like the last thing I want to do is try to do that. But I love it,” she said. “Like, I have this deep ache for music and I just never feel like I’m good enough to do it. Like I’m never good enough to do it, so I just don’t do it.”
Even with this “rejection” of music, Rashida Jones He even did some work in the recording industry, such as backing vocals on the band’s first two studio albums. Maroon 5titled Songs About Jane (2002) and It Won’t Be Soon Before Long (2007).
I love it so much and I kind of like singing for fun. I’ve written for fun, and I’ve sung backing vocals on a few albums and stuff like that… I can write. [música]my reading is limited.
Source: Rollingstone
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