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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. "

Norah Jones

Daughter

Think

Well

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Nose

" 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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" 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. "

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" I like to be in control of things. "

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Control

Things

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm a musician because I love it and it's supposed to be fun. "

" 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. "

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Good

Good Song

" I don't want to be singing my diary. "

" I like barbecuing because it's easy. "

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Easy

Because

" I make a good fried chicken. "

" I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee. "

" Coffee gives me bad breath. "

" 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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Unhappy

Hair

" A lot of my music is slow and subtle. The subtly is what I enjoy about making music. "

" I really love things with melody. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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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Feel

Lucky