Norah Jones Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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 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.”

“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.”