178 Quotes by Norah Jones

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.

A song will keep going round in my brain and keep me awake.

I got stood up by the letter Y, he was hanging around with his X.

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.

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.

I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants.

A lot of pop people out there are cool, but they overdo it.

For me making music is part social, part interaction, part collaboration.

I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.