Norah Jones

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Norah Jones

Born

3/30/1979, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name

Geethali Norah Jones Shankar

Gender

Female
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Norah and his her mother lived in an old building of red bricks in New York until she was four years. Then they changed to Grapevine (near Dallas, Texas), where she lived until the twenties, with her mother, who at the time was devoting herself to supervise TV's…more

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    • Norah portrayed Elizabeth with co-stars Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and Rachel Weisz in Kar Wai Wong's 2007 romance My Blueberry Nights.

    • Norah's debut album, Come Away with Me has sold more than 20 million copies all around the world, making it the highest-selling album in the history of Blue Note Records.

    • Norah's height is 5'1" (1.55m).

    • Her father is composer/actor Ravi Shankar and her mother is dancer Sue Jones.

    • She studied at the University of North Texas where she majored in jazz piano but left before her 3rd year.

  • Quotes

    • Norah: I've always loved to read, but sometimes I go for a year without reading a book, because I forget to.

    • Norah: I'm not melancholy; I'm a happy-go-lucky person, kind of silly. I like funny things. I have a lot of energy. I tend to like music that's mellow, though.

    • Norah: That's been the coolest thing about all this - I get to meet people that I worship!

    • Norah: I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it.

    • Norah: Without a piano I don't know how to stand, don't know what to do with my hands.

    • Norah Jones (about winning eight Grammys): I felt like I went to someone else's birthday party and ate all the cake without anybody else getting a piece.

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  • Norah Jones is one of the best female vocal recording artists out there today. You can't argue with success. Both her albums went multi-platinum. You gotta love someone who can mix photogenic looks and a voice that makes you hang on her every word.moreless

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    By norahshot, Jul 12, 2005
    She's brunette, her eyes are brown, and her voice is sensual and heavenly. What's not to like about Norah Jones? That girl can turn any song into a winner even if the lyrics are more or less unimpressive. Who doesn't like "Don't Know Why?". Her song makes that an instant classic even if it is about indecisiveness. OR "Carnival Town", off of her "Feels Like Home" album which, lyric-wise, is actually a weird poem about all the freaks that hang out at a carnival and how it only offers a momentary feeling of fun followed by disappointment. Expect big things from Norah who could develop a following like Barbara, Bette, or even Manilow.moreless
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