Quotes By Norah Jones

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.

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.

A song will keep going round in my brain and keep me awake.

I don't want to be the next big anything. I just want to play for people and that's it.

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 really love things with melody.

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

The coolest thing I've gotten to do in the past few years is guest star on Sesame Street.

It's fun to peek into other people's worlds and see how they go about doing things.

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.

I make a good fried chicken.

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 don't think it's a bad thing to share how you feel, especially if people can relate to it.

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

Designers send me clothes I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing.

People will read into what you say no matter what, so it doesn't matter to me.

I'm not a very dark person.

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.

I actually write more on guitar than I do on piano.

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

I'm not a great piano player.

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!

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