A biography for Norah Joneshasn’t been written yet.
“I'm ballsy. Well, sometimes I'm ballsy.”
“Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted.”
“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 eggs so much. I feel like my day hasn't started until I've had eggs. I'm probably gonna die from high cholesterol!”
“I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal.”
“I just want to keep making music, recording and trying different things. I don't want to do the same thing all the time.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“What I was going for in the first two albums I didn't necessarily achieve. Because I was young and because it was my first time out. And the second album was such a 'quickie' sort of 'Let's just get it over with!' But the kind of music I make, there's a lot of subtlety in it. And I think it takes a couple of listens to actually really get it.”
“I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial.”
“Without a piano I don't know how to stand, don't know what to do with my hands.”
“For a young artist to really make it and make money is a lot more difficult these days.”
“I got stood up by the letter Y, he was hanging around with his X.”
“I really love things with melody.”
“I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.”
“Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.”
“There are absolutely no problems between me, my dad and my sister. Obviously I grew up with just my mum, but my relationship with my dad is just fine.”
“A record is just a snapshot of where you are at any time.”