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 always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over.
A record is just a snapshot of where you are at any time.
Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted.
I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal.
I like records that flow really well and you don't have to skip around because there's lot of different jumps.
I'm always going to do that - record and make music.
Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes.
It's important to keep indie record stores alive because their unique environments introduce music lovers to things in a very personal way.
If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter.
You gotta remember, I'm 24 years old. Who knows if I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing? But yeah, I'd like to rock out some day!
I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial.
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.
People will read into what you say no matter what, so it doesn't matter to me.
I just do the same stuff I always did. I have a bigger apartment - that's the main change.