"Success and the art of making music are two different things for me."

-- Norah Jones

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“Never shall a young man, Thrown into despair By those great honey-coloured Ramparts at your ear, Love you for yourself alone And not your yellow hair.”
“Everything we do, every thought we've ever had, is produced by the human brain. But exactly how it operates remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries, and it seems the more we probe its secrets, the more surprises we find.”
“Good journalism should challenge people, not just mindlessly amuse them.”
“Not alone is the child born through the mother, but the mother also is born through the child.”
“They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.”
“It is said that if our intention is to help others-even if we are unable to follow it through-we will never have any regret. Regret is a result of trying to make "me" happy.”
“In every book I write, I try to name-check the most prominent influences, or the most prominent conscious influences.”
“It took a great deal of acceptance to come to terms with being an alcoholic but acceptance was the key to my sobriety... If I didn't have acceptance at that time in my life I would not be standing here today.”

Source : "Finishing speech a great relief to Eck / Closer brings tears during emotional gathering" by John Shea, www.sfgate.com. July 26, 2004.

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