Norah Jones NORAH JONES BORN GEETALI NORAH JONES

Norah Jones

NORAH JONES • BORN GEETALI NORAH JONES SHANKAR; MARCH 30, 1979 • HER PARENTS WERE AMERICAN CONCERT PRODUCER SUE JONES AND INDIAN SITAR MAESTRO PANDIT RAVI SHANKAR • BORN IN NEW YORK BUT LATER GREW UP IN TEXAS • AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN, WITH HER PARENTS' CONSENT, SHE OFFICIALLY CHANGED HER NAME TO NORAH JONES.

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NORAH • JONES BEGAN SINGING IN CHURCH AND ALSO TOOK PIANO AND VOICE LESSONS • WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, JONES SANG IN THE SCHOOL CHOIR, PARTICIPATED IN BAND PLAYED THE ALTO SAXOPHONE • SHE ATTENDED INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS DURING THE SUMMERS. WHILE AT HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WON THE DOWNBEAT STUDENT MUSIC AWARDS FOR BEST JAZZ VOCALIST AND BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION • STUDIED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS WHERE SHE MAJORED IN JAZZ PIANO BUT LEFT BEFORE HER 3 RD YEAR

NORAH JONES • IN 2002, SHE LAUNCHED HER SOLO MUSIC CAREER WITH THE RELEASE OF THE COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM COME AWAY WITH ME • THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, JONES HAS WON NUMEROUS AWARDS AND HAS SOLD MORE THAN 50 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE.

NORAH • IN FEBRUARY 2014, SHE GAVE BIRTH TO A SON. • IN JULY 2016, SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HER SECOND CHILD.

NORAH • NORAH JONES KEEPS HER PRIVATE LIFE VERY PRIVATE • SHE AVOIDS POSTING PICTURES OF HER CHILDREN’S FACES • SHE ALSO AVOIDS RELEASING THE NAME OF HER CHILDREN TO THE PUBLIC

QUOTES BY NORAH • WITHOUT A PIANO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO STAND, DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY HANDS. • I DON'T TRY TO SOUND LIKE ANYONE BUT ME ANYMORE. IF SOMETHING IS OUT OF MY ELEMENT, I TRY TO AVOID IT. • I'VE NEVER WANTED TO PORTRAY SOME THEATRICAL CHARACTER OR ROLE. I'M JUST ME, TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

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