Norah Jones
Norah Jones
Norah Jones is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Throughout her career, Jones has won numerous awards and has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. Billboard named her the top jazz artist of the 2000–2009 decade. She has won nine Grammy Awards and was 60th on Billboard magazine's artists of the 2000–2009 decade chart...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth30 March 1979
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to.
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.
If I were a painter I would paint my reverie If that's the only way for you to be with me
A lot of pop people out there are cool, but they overdo it.
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!
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.
Coffee gives me bad breath.
The pop world is cool, but I never really thought of myself as part of it or wanting to be a part of it because I'm on a label that's not really like that. They're not trying to dress me up, they're not trying to do things like that. I feel like I'm sort of separate from that, actually.
Songs are about whatever you want them to be about. For me it might mean something completely different than what it means to you. So I'd say it's about whatever the listener thinks it's about.
I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.
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.
Everyone in my high school was a bit nerdy. We didn't even have a football team.
Designers send me clothes I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing.
I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants.