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" I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to. "
Norah Jones
Loved
Year
Forget
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" I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee. "
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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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Life
Best
Best Friend
" I'm not going to play lead guitar in a concert hall full of people, because I'm going to mess up a lot. "
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Concert
People
Mess
" What I was going for in the first two albums I didn't necessarily achieve. Because I was young and because it was my first time out. And the second album was such a 'quickie' sort of 'Let's just get it over with!' But the kind of music I make, there's a lot of subtlety in it. And I think it takes a couple of listens to actually really get it. "
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Think
Time
Young
" 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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Best
Weekend
Solo
" A record is just a snapshot of where you are at any time. "
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Snapshot
You
Where
" 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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Great
Think
Vinyl
" A lot of pop people out there are cool, but they overdo it. "
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Pop
Out
Lot
" People will read into what you say no matter what, so it doesn't matter to me. "
Norah Jones
People
Matter
Me
" 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. "
Norah Jones
Pressure
First
Off
" 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. "
Norah Jones
Know
Kind
Discipline
" For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer. "
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Line
Being
Fine
" 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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Nobody
You
Writing
" I'm very American. "
Norah Jones
American
Very
" 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.' "
Norah Jones
Music
Bath
Love
" All is fair in love and songwriting. "
Norah Jones
Songwriting
Love
Fair
" I make a good fried chicken. "
Norah Jones
Good
Fried Chicken
Fried
" 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. "
Norah Jones
Two
Feet
God
" I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning. "
Norah Jones
Up
Get
Morning
" You would never catch me in a miniskirt. "
Norah Jones
You
Catch
Would
" I'm ballsy. Well, sometimes I'm ballsy. "
Norah Jones
Sometimes
Well
" A song will keep going round in my brain and keep me awake. "
Norah Jones
Going
Brain
Keep Going
" 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
" 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. "
Norah Jones
Think
Body
Me
" I'm always going to do that - record and make music. "
Norah Jones
Music
Record
Always
" I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters. "
Norah Jones
Believe
Music
I Believe
" I just want to keep making music, recording and trying different things. I don't want to do the same thing all the time. "
Norah Jones
Trying
Want
Music
" 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. "
Norah Jones
Hope
Kind
Think
" I don't want to be the next big anything. I just want to play for people and that's it. "
Norah Jones
Big
Anything
Want
" 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. "
Norah Jones
Make
Reason
Music