Norah Jones Quotes

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Norah Jones

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 30, 1979

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

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Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them and smiling, that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now, but there are still moments of awkwardness.

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

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I like barbecuing because it's easy.

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What I was going for in the first two albums I didn't necessarily achieve. Because I was young and because it was my first time out. And the second album was such a 'quickie' sort of 'Let's just get it over with!' But the kind of music I make, there's a lot of subtlety in it. And I think it takes a couple of listens to actually really get it.

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You know, when you have a father who's pretty well known but you don't see him, the last thing you want to do is start talking about him all the time to people.

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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.

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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.

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I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz.

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

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I love film, and I would love to be a part of something that people universally love as a piece of film. Sure. Of course I would. And I would love to take acting lessons, and see that side of it someday. But I'm a musician.

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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.

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I don't think I'm a great songwriter, but I think I've learned a lot about it, and I don't think there's any one way to do it. I don't think I can control it at all. I can just kind of hope that it happens.

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I feel like I've been lucky, because I don't feel like I've ever tried to be somebody I'm not. People might disagree.

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Your limitations create your sound.

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

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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.

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I like songs with a lot of heart and feeling and subtlety.

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For me making music is part social, part interaction, part collaboration.

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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.'

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