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Norah Jones [1979-0] American

Rank: 101
Musician, Singer-songwriter

Norah Jones is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Throughout her career, Jones has won numerous awards and has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. Billboard named her the top jazz artist of the 2000–2009 decade.

Cool, Mom, Morning, Time

Quote	Tags	Rank
A record is just a snapshot of where you are at any time.	Time	101
All is fair in love and songwriting.		102
It's fun to peek into other people's worlds and see how they go about doing things.		103
I feel like all the songs are little scenes, different angles, of the feelings that come around something ending.		104
Without a piano I don't know how to stand, don't know what to do with my hands.		105
I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.		106
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.		107
Breaking up is just hard, even if you're the one breaking up. It's not fun. It can be dramatic and complicated. And then you get a little distance and you think, why did it have to be so complicated and dramatic?		108
I don't think it's a bad thing to share how you feel, especially if people can relate to it.		109
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.		110
I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.		111
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.		112
There was an enormous amount of pressure when my first album took off, and I struggled with the speed of everything and the exhaustion from the constant touring.		113
A lot of pop people out there are cool, but they overdo it.	Cool	114
I got stood up by the letter Y, he was hanging around with his X.		115
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.		116
A song will keep going round in my brain and keep me awake.		117
I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.	Morning	118
I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants.		119
There's a lot of personal stuff that can go into songwriting but there's also a lot of dramatization and fictionalization. You have to do that to make a good song.		120
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.		121
I'm not going to play lead guitar in a concert hall full of people, because I'm going to mess up a lot.		122
For me making music is part social, part interaction, part collaboration.		123
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.'		124
My mom and I have always been very close. She is my best friend. She had to make a lot of sacrifices early on in my life to make sure I got to do what I wanted to do.	Mom	125
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.		126
I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to.		201
The coolest thing I've gotten to do in the past few years is guest star on Sesame Street.		202
I don't want to be the next big anything. I just want to play for people and that's it.		203
Coffee gives me bad breath.		204
For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer.		205
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.		206
I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz.		207
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.		208
I like songs with a lot of heart and feeling and subtlety.		209
I just want to keep making music, recording and trying different things. I don't want to do the same thing all the time.		210
People will read into what you say no matter what, so it doesn't matter to me.		211
Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes.		212
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.		213
I don't like shopping, and I like my clothes to be comfortable.		214
I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.		215
I should have a therapist. I have plenty to therapise about.		216
I like records that flow really well and you don't have to skip around because there's lot of different jumps.		217
For a young artist to really make it and make money is a lot more difficult these days.		218
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.		219
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!		220
I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it.		221
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.		222
The pop world is cool, but I never really thought of myself as part of it or wanting to be a part of it because I'm on a label that's not really like that. They're not trying to dress me up, they're not trying to do things like that. I feel like I'm sort of separate from that, actually.		223
You would never catch me in a miniskirt.		224
Designers send me clothes I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing.		225
I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job.		226
I like to be in control of things.		301
I make a good fried chicken.		302
I like barbecuing because it's easy.		303
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.		304
When I moved to New York, I fell head over heels back into country music and probably 'cause I missed something about Texas.		305
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.		306
Everyone in my high school was a bit nerdy. We didn't even have a football team.		307
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.		308
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.		309
When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through.		310
Your limitations create your sound.		311
A lot of my music is slow and subtle. The subtly is what I enjoy about making music.		312
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.		313
I'm a musician because I love it and it's supposed to be fun.		314
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.		315
Success and the art of making music are two different things for me.		316
I'm always going to do that - record and make music.		317
On the first album I was saying, that's just one part of me. And then I was thinking, well, am I going to hide the rest of me now just because I'm afraid of something? No. I'm just going to be myself.		318
I love slow music.		319
I'm not a very dark person.		320
I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial.		321
I don't want to be singing my diary.		322
Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.		323
I always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over.		324
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.		325
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.		326
Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted.		401
I could do without 'cool' publications calling me 'mom jazz.' But I laughed all the way to the bank, baby.		402
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!		403
I'm ballsy. Well, sometimes I'm ballsy.		404
I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.		405
Anyone can look pretty with hair and make-up.		406
I'm not a great piano player.		407
I like my life. I like my friends. I don't want to go anywhere else.		408
I really love things with melody.		409
I hope there are some audiophiles still out there.		410
I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal.		411
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.		412
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.		413
I'm very American.		414
I actually write more on guitar than I do on piano.		415
I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters.		416

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