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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. "
Norah Jones
Jazz
Love
Never
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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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" You know, when you have a father who's pretty well known but you don't see him, the last thing you want to do is start talking about him all the time to people. "
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" I've been told the weirdest things: 'Yeah, I love taking a bath to your music!' or 'I gave birth to my daughter while listening to your music.' "
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" I'm not a very dark person. "
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" On the first album I was saying, that's just one part of me. And then I was thinking, well, am I going to hide the rest of me now just because I'm afraid of something? No. I'm just going to be myself. "
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" I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job. "
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" Everyone in my high school was a bit nerdy. We didn't even have a football team. "
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" I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants. "
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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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" 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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" My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops. "
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" I don't actually have a lot of discipline. I've worked hard at music. But I feel like you know, I felt like kind of natural at it. I always had a knack for it. "
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" 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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" I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to. "
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" I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it. "
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Avoid
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" I love eggs so much. I feel like my day hasn't started until I've had eggs. I'm probably gonna die from high cholesterol! "
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" Anyone can look pretty with hair and make-up. "
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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 always going to do that - record and make music. "
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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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" I love slow music. "
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" Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way. "
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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 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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" There's a lot of personal stuff that can go into songwriting but there's also a lot of dramatization and fictionalization. You have to do that to make a good song. "
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" I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee. "
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" I like barbecuing because it's easy. "
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" For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer. "
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