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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 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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I'm super-fortunate to have any fans still.
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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?
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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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Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes.
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I'm a musician because I love it and it's supposed to be fun.
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I could do without 'cool' publications calling me 'mom jazz.' But I laughed all the way to the bank, baby.
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Don't go chasing after butterflies, when everything you want is right by your side.
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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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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 feel like all the songs are little scenes, different angles, of the feelings that come around something ending.
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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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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.
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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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A lot of my music is slow and subtle. The subtly is what I enjoy about making music.
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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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Your limitations create your sound.
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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 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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