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Norah Jones is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist acclaimed for her soothing voice and unique blend of jazz, pop, and country. Her debut album, "Come Away with Me," achieved worldwide success and won multiple Grammy Awards. She continues to inspire audiences around the world with her soulful music and distinctive style. Here are 101 of her quotes:

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.

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My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.

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If you're a female and you get asked by someone who shoots the most beautiful female scenes to be in their film, it's kind of exciting.

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I didn't think it was fair to my music to label me as the daughter of somebody - I didn't think it described me very well and I didn't think it had anything to do with my music.

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Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted.

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I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal.

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In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever had. That's where I learned to coordinate my singing and my piano playing.

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I genuinely don't feel that anything that's been written or said about me has overshadowed my music, and that's the most important thing as far as I'm concerned.

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I don't want to be singing my diary.

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I'm not a very dark person.

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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.

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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!

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I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.

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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.

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I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to.

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I don't actually have a lot of discipline. I've worked hard at music. But I feel like you know, I felt like kind of natural at it. I always had a knack for it.

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Songwriting is something I really need to work on. I don't have very many songs but I really love it. I would love to be a great song writer some day.

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Designers send me clothes I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing.

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For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer.

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When I moved to New York, I fell head over heels back into country music and probably 'cause I missed something about Texas.

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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.

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I'm always going to do that - record and make music.

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