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I don't want to be the next big anything. I just want to play for people and that's it. (Norah Jones)
It's true, there's a lot of melancholy in my music. I don't know why, I'm not a melancholy person. I've always been drawn to it. Ever since I was a kid, if I had an album I would play the ballads on repeat. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I didn't think it was fair to my music to label me as the daughter of somebody - I didn't think it described me very well and I didn't think it had anything to do with my music. View quote
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Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted. View quote
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I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal. View quote
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In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever had. That's where I learned to coordinate my singing and my piano playing. View quote
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I genuinely don't feel that anything that's been written or said about me has overshadowed my music, and that's the most important thing as far as I'm concerned. View quote
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I don't want to be singing my diary. View quote
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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. (Norah Jones)
I'm not a very dark person. View quote
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I think singing comes most naturally for me. Because it's part of your body - it's a natural thing. You can practice all you want but it's part of your body. View quote
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I love eggs so much. I feel like my day hasn't started until I've had eggs. I'm probably gonna die from high cholesterol! View quote
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I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee. View quote
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Songs are about whatever you want them to be about. For me it might mean something completely different than what it means to you. So I'd say it's about whatever the listener thinks it's about. View quote
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I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to. View quote
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I don't actually have a lot of discipline. I've worked hard at music. But I feel like you know, I felt like kind of natural at it. I always had a knack for it. View quote
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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. View quote
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Designers send me clothes I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing. View quote
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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! (Norah Jones)
For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer. View quote
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When I moved to New York, I fell head over heels back into country music and probably 'cause I missed something about Texas. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm always going to do that - record and make music. View quote
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