Norah Jones Professions : Singer-songwriter Born : March 30, 1979 Browse All Authors Top 112 quotes by Norah Jones 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? Norah Jones distance fun thinking 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. Norah Jones phases crazy sides Don't go chasing after butterflies, when everything you want is right by your side. Norah Jones your-side butterfly want All is fair in love and songwriting. Norah Jones fairs songwriting I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning. Norah Jones get-up musician morning 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. Norah Jones cds people thinking I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters. Norah Jones matter trying believe It's funny how you realize what's important, and it's not fame and money, even though it can be really nice. It's happiness and whatever it takes to make you feel happy. Norah Jones realizing nice important I'm not melancholy; I'm a happy-go-lucky person, kind of silly. I like funny things. I have a lot of energy. I tend to like music that's mellow, though. Norah Jones funny-things energy silly I don't think it's a bad thing to share how you feel, especially if people can relate to it. Norah Jones how-you-feel people thinking I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz. Norah Jones jazz art school It's important to keep indie record stores alive because their unique environments introduce music lovers to things in a very personal way. Norah Jones records important unique I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants. Norah Jones restaurants clubs jazz 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. Norah Jones songwriting stuff song If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter. Norah Jones records ifs matter For me making music is part social, part interaction, part collaboration. Norah Jones collaboration music-is social I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own. Norah Jones want I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial. Norah Jones jazz noses believe It's not like once you achieve success, you're done, you know. It's like, still enjoy doing what you're doing, that's the key for me. Norah Jones achieve keys done Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way. Norah Jones how-you-feel writing song Similar Authors Bill Anderson singer-songwriter Bill Kaulitz singer-songwriter Bob Whitlock singer-songwriter Bob Weir singer-songwriter Brent Smith singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie singer-songwriter All Authors
