A biography for Norah Joneshasn’t been written yet.
“I should have a therapist. I have plenty to therapise about.”
“A song will keep going round in my brain and keep me awake.”
“I actually write more on guitar than I do on piano.”
“I like to be in control of things.”
“I like records that flow really well and you don't have to skip around because there's lot of different jumps.”
“I always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over.”
“Anyone can look pretty with hair and make-up.”
“I like my life. I like my friends. I don't want to go anywhere else.”
“I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to.”
“I could do without 'cool' publications calling me 'mom jazz.' But I laughed all the way to the bank, baby.”
“I make a good fried chicken.”
“I'd done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I'd have a record label.”
“I would love to make a real jazz album someday because I never have. But that's something I'm not in a rush to do.”
“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.”
“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.”
“My mom and I have always been very close. She is my best friend. She had to make a lot of sacrifices early on in my life to make sure I got to do what I wanted to do.”
“I don't want to be singing my diary.”
“When I moved to New York, I fell head over heels back into country music and probably 'cause I missed something about Texas.”
“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.”
“The coolest thing I've gotten to do in the past few years is guest star on Sesame Street.”