"I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz."

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Source : "Oprah Talks to Norah Jones". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. July, 2003.

Norah Jones

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“Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish.”
“As long as you think that the cause of your problem is â€œout thereâ€â€”as long as you think that anyone or anything is responsible for your sufferingâ€”the situation is hopeless. It means that you are forever in the role of victim, that youâ€™re suffering in paradise.”
“Of course, history is only a muddle of facts and a fuddle of professors, and anyone who thinks it is one clear voice saying "Arise, sir Knight" deserves a life sentence in Camelot.”
“Capitalism is the sorcerer's apprentice: it has summoned up powers which have spun wildly out of control and now threaten to destroy us.The task of socialism is not to spur on those powers but to bring them under rational human control.”
“The madman who knows that he is mad is close to sanity.”
“Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.”
“Planning is like "pointing yourself" in the direction of a target...no more than that. Let your power then redefine the target, and re-point you in the correct direction. Think of it like this: An arrow is never going to hit the target unless it's in flight. If you sit around and wait for God to shoot the arrow, nothing is going to happen.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“Life is beautiful because it doesn't last.”

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