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

Norah Jones

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Norah Jones
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: March 30
Actor
Film Actor
Jazz Guitarist
Jazz Musician
Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Brooklyn
New York
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Collaboration
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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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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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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.
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It's hard for me to pry with people I know.
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Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted.
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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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A song will keep going round in my brain and keep me awake.
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I remember early on, for instance, having to play wedding gigs, that I hated playing the music. Now I don't have to play music that I don't like. I only get to do what I enjoy, so that's pretty lucky.
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I'm a musician because I love it and it's supposed to be fun.
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I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.
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I just want to keep making music, recording and trying different things. I don't want to do the same thing all the time.
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All is fair in love and songwriting.
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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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For a young artist to really make it and make money is a lot more difficult these days.
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I want to check the record books and see how many fathers and daughters have won Grammys together.
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