Quotes By Norah Jones

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.

Coffee gives me bad breath.

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.'

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.

I hope there are some audiophiles still out there.

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

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

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

Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted.

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

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.

A lot of pop people out there are cool, but they overdo it.

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 to be in control of things.

I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it.

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?

A lot of my music is slow and subtle. The subtly is what I enjoy about making music.

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.

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.

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

All is fair in love and songwriting.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I love slow music.

For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer.

For me making music is part social, part interaction, part collaboration.

I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants.