"Bettye LaVette sings “Lazy (and I Know It),” from her new album LaVette!, like she’s telling a joke and just realized it’s not funny. “One time I had a day job,” she declares over a bluesy, clock-watching crawl. She draws out those syllables into a languid lament, then switches to comical, matter-of-fact sing-speaking for the next line: “It didn’t thrill me.” It’s a funny yet grave moment, acknowledging the bizarreness of one of the finest song interpreters of the era being confined to a cubicle all day, while reminding you that there’s a real-life danger in dwindling away behind a desk. “Day job for three months, coast for nine,” she strategizes. “Catch me in a nightclub at closing time.'"-Pitchfork