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. Norah Jones on music
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. Norah Jones on music
For me making music is part social, part interaction, part collaboration. Norah Jones on music
I was in choir in school. I kind of just did it. I already knew I wanted to sing. My music program in my school wasn't really great - people didn't really want to be part of the choir, they didn't want to do the plays and stuff like that. It definitely wasn't the cool thing to do. Lea Michele on music
Disco is music for dancing, and people will always want to dance. Giorgio Moroder on music
I've been told the weirdest things: 'Yeah, I love taking a bath to your music!' or 'I gave birth to my daughter while listening to your music.' Norah Jones on music
We're real people and we're a band that's been playing on the scene for a long time. We've made a lot of friends, and one enemy we've always had was the NME. They've always basically slated us and they've basically never ever written about the music. Dan Hawkins on music
Success and the art of making music are two different things for me. Norah Jones on music
I just want to keep making music, recording and trying different things. I don't want to do the same thing all the time. Norah Jones on music
I'm always going to do that - record and make music. Norah Jones on music
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. Norah Jones on music
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. Norah Jones on music
Maybe I'm genetically more inclined to music - but the music I make is so far removed from Indian classical music. I grew up in Texas! Norah Jones on music
I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own. Norah Jones on music
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. Norah Jones on music
I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters. Norah Jones on music
The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records. Richard Branson on music
Country music is about new love and it's about old love. Jeff Foxworthy on music