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
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- The pop world is cool, but I never really thought of myself as part of it or wanting to be a part of it because I'm on a label that's not really like that. They're not trying to dress me up, they're not trying to do things like that. I feel like I'm sort of separate from that, actually.
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