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" If you're a female and you get asked by someone who shoots the most beautiful female scenes to be in their film, it's kind of exciting. "
Norah Jones
Kind
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" For a young artist to really make it and make money is a lot more difficult these days. "
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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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" Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes. "
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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've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to. "
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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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" A record is just a snapshot of where you are at any time. "
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" Coffee gives me bad breath. "
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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 try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters. "
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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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" There was an enormous amount of pressure when my first album took off, and I struggled with the speed of everything and the exhaustion from the constant touring. "
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" I'm not a great piano player. "
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" A song will keep going round in my brain and keep me awake. "
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" I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial. "
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" Without a piano I don't know how to stand, don't know what to do with my hands. "
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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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" I like barbecuing because it's easy. "
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" I'm always going to do that - record and make music. "
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" I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now. "
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" 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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" I'm a musician because I love it and it's supposed to be fun. "
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" 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. "
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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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" When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through. "
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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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" 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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" 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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