Norah Jones Famous Quotes & Sayings
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I'm very American.

Without a piano I don't know how to stand, don't know what to do with my hands.

I should have a therapist. I have plenty to therapise about.

There are absolutely no problems between me, my dad and my sister. Obviously I grew up with just my mum, but my relationship with my dad is just fine.

Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted.

I could do without 'cool' publications calling me 'mom jazz.' But I laughed all the way to the bank, baby.

I don't like shopping, and I like my clothes to be comfortable.

I'd done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I'd have a record label.

I've been told the weirdest things: 'Yeah, I love taking a bath to your music!' or 'I gave birth to my daughter while listening to your music.'

I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial.

I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it.

Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes.

I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.

Everyone in my high school was a bit nerdy. We didn't even have a football team.

I'm not a very dark person.

For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer.

I don't think it's a bad thing to share how you feel, especially if people can relate to it.

God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.

I don't want to be singing my diary.

My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.

A record is just a snapshot of where you are at any time.

A lot of pop people out there are cool, but they overdo it.

A lot of my music is slow and subtle. The subtly is what I enjoy about making music.

Maybe I'm genetically more inclined to music - but the music I make is so far removed from Indian classical music. I grew up in Texas!

I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal.

If you're a female and you get asked by someone who shoots the most beautiful female scenes to be in their film, it's kind of exciting.

I'm always going to do that - record and make music.

I'm not going to play lead guitar in a concert hall full of people, because I'm going to mess up a lot.

During my first photo shoot, I was unhappy because they put so much makeup on me and straightened my hair. I've been stubborn ever since.

I love slow music.

I really love things with melody.

I like records that flow really well and you don't have to skip around because there's lot of different jumps.

For a young artist to really make it and make money is a lot more difficult these days.

Anyone can look pretty with hair and make-up.

If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter.

I would love to make a real jazz album someday because I never have. But that's something I'm not in a rush to do.

I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants.

I'm ballsy. Well, sometimes I'm ballsy.

Songwriting is something I really need to work on. I don't have very many songs but I really love it. I would love to be a great song writer some day.

I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job.

It's fun to peek into other people's worlds and see how they go about doing things.

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

I like my life. I like my friends. I don't want to go anywhere else.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

I'm a musician because I love it and it's supposed to be fun.

I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters.

It's important to keep indie record stores alive because their unique environments introduce music lovers to things in a very personal way.

If I were a painter I would paint my reverie If that's the only way for you to be with me

People will read into what you say no matter what, so it doesn't matter to me.

I always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over.

I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.