Norah Jones Quotes

I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters.

I always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over.

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.

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.

A record is just a snapshot of where you are at any time.

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.

I just want to keep making music, recording and trying different things. I don't want to do the same thing all the time.

I like my life. I like my friends. I don't want to go anywhere else.

I'm happy. I feel good about music.

I love film, and I would love to be a part of something that people universally love as a piece of film. Sure. Of course I would. And I would love to take acting lessons, and see that side of it someday. But I'm a musician.

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.

For a young artist to really make it and make money is a lot more difficult these days.

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.

All is fair in love and songwriting.

I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.

I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job.

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.

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.

I should have a therapist. I have plenty to therapise about.

I like songs with a lot of heart and feeling and subtlety.

I got stood up by the letter Y, he was hanging around with his X.

I'm not going to play lead guitar in a concert hall full of people, because I'm going to mess up a lot.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

I like records that flow really well and you don't have to skip around because there's lot of different jumps.

I'm in total control. I write the songs, decide what to sing and how to sing. I even control the recording process. But, with a film, there is no control at all.

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.

There are absolutely no problems between me, my dad and my sister. Obviously I grew up with just my mum, but my relationship with my dad is just fine.

Coffee gives me bad breath.

I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal.

Success and the art of making music are two different things for me.

I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to.

You would never catch me in a miniskirt.

I don't go about playing music differently. It changes my sleeping schedule and my drinking habits, that's what I like to say.

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.

I'm always going to do that - record and make music.

I think playing music is one of my great joys in life.

I could do without 'cool' publications calling me 'mom jazz.' But I laughed all the way to the bank, baby.

Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes.

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.

Maybe I'm genetically more inclined to music - but the music I make is so far removed from Indian classical music. I grew up in Texas!

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

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.'

I'm not a very dark person.

I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz.

I don't like shopping, and I like my clothes to be comfortable.

Everyone in my high school was a bit nerdy. We didn't even have a football team.

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.

When I moved to New York, I fell head over heels back into country music and probably 'cause I missed something about Texas.