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I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.

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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I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal.
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I'm in total control. I write the songs, decide what to sing and how to sing. I even control the recording process. But, with a film, there is no control at all.
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I should have a therapist. I have plenty to therapise about.
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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.
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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.
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A song will keep going round in my brain and keep me awake.
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I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants.
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If I were a painter I would paint my reverie If that's the only way for you to be with me
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I'm not a very dark person.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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The coolest thing I've gotten to do in the past few years is guest star on Sesame Street.
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It's funny how you realize what's important, and it's not fame and money, even though it can be really nice. It's happiness and whatever it takes to make you feel happy.
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Your limitations create your sound.
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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.
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I got stood up by the letter Y, he was hanging around with his X.
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