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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.

Norah Jones

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Norah Jones
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: March 30
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If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter.
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Music is fun. It should be fun. And that's the key, I think. Keep it as the thing you love.
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I like my life. I like my friends. I don't want to go anywhere else.
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