Eye to Eye: Norah Jones On Her Musical Style

[nandolafourcade]

Gente Simple?? HEY HEY HEY!! haha Adoro tu musica!

[therealdude1]

Norah, makes me smile incessantly. She's beautiful anyway, and her classiness just doubles her attractiveness.

[Musixux]

What Katie's taliking about right aroung 3:00 I call that an overactive vocal imagination and yeah, that happens alot on that awful show she's talking about

[andysj531]

She's awesome- they both are...but i thought that was just an awkward interview...maybe not?

[RayPaganJr]

Wow, KC is so annoying. She probably doesn't know who she was interviewing.

[mikemilne]

Dear KC: The word to describe her voice and her style is soulful. As in did you always sing with so much soul? Norah Jones is incredible. KC is an idiot.

[roketmode]

more scotch helps???............ bitch katie

[blushgrl16]

looks like rachel mcadams

[glenniesamoyoa26]

Great trailer man!! going to download this in downloadmusic .im

[ShokTroopUSMC]

Norah is angelic.. Katie is an idiot.. very simple...

[bobbyward1961]

Miss Nora your singing voice is beautiful the way it is

[brianallancobb]

Funny. She sure fucked with Comes Love. It's on YouTube, check it out.

I'm a big fan of Miss Holliday and Miss Mitchell, but Miss Jones nailed it, and there's not a note she sings that's on the sheet music.

[EraseAllMemory]

Hard to say that I "like" the interview...I didn't really appreciate Katie's questions, and to me her comments seemed more like they were critical of Norah's style. I just think she could have chosen her words better. Norah's voice is so beautiful and unique, which Katie pointed out the "uniqueness" of it, but made it seem almost like a bad thing. Huh. Oh well. To each their own.

[tricksmack]

Nora Jones is a wonderful talent indeed. This Katie Couric bashing though is..........completely ignorant. Way to sound off mainstream public, show Your stupidity.

[ianwalkerdownland]

glad to see others were not happy with this interview, I thought it was rotten, on Norahs stile that katie should have been more complimentary it sounded like a vague insult to me. I think most people agree Norahs stile is unique as in superb.

[vishiqualle]

PJ Harvey has a naturally beautiful voice.

[cumsanctistuis]

Phrasing?!! What in the world does Katie Couric know about phrasing???!! Come one Katie, you're making yourself look retarded by trying to sound like you know something about which you know nothing.

[cheezervvvvv]

If someone from outer space landed and wanted to know ,How in the hell does Curic keep her job? I wouldnt know how to answer.What a maroon.

[cheezervvvvv]

Wow, Norah handled that fiasco with grace and class.How many times did she save the interview from being a catastrophe?Have seen Norah in other interviews and she is always funny and interesting.She seems to be as beautiful and real as her music .

[danielapantss]

what the hell is wrong with that bitch? Holy Hell...

[ringahding]

"American Idoly"? "Mariahish"? WTF...cmon real questions Couric...! Must not have realized she was speaking to a musical GENIUS! !

[bluesman413]

jesus, katie...can you even spell music?...you have the soul of an old can of beans!

[johnmresler]

Does Couric know anything about jazz music? Simple? She sounds like a moron. As if she wants to sound like she's knowledgeable. What a goof. Sorry Norah, that must have been painful.

[prettdboy]

Katie Couric is hot!!!

[birdmanz08]

katie couric=twat

[mrdufess]

Katie is just doing herJOB. 

[ArxVirtus]

2:38 - Major DIS to Mariah Carey; Go Norah!

[attributionerr]

Hot

[PRroppaboi]

Who is the artist she mentions at 0:58?

[rodfrost3]

@PRroppaboi PJ harvey

[josephw28]

Norah Jones.. What a personality, what a voice! AND she's beautiful. And carries herself brilliantly considering the success she's had.

[gootenslog]

Couric is a fucking moron.....CBS should be ashamed of having such a lightweight in charge of their journalism department.

[radesrochers]

Couric is such an asshole.

[Shembeatz]

Norah Jones.... she's too young to be that talented it's not fair!

[SunsetSix]

Katie is such a moron... an embarrassment really.  nsra got it right.

[miacasole]

I want to say to nsra1933, you are a disgrace to this country using that kind of language. It occurs to me that when people need to revert to vulgarity, they are probably not very well spoken, or they would be better able to express their feelings in a more intelligent way. Katie Couric, along with Nora Jones are two women all American girls can look up to as role models. Can't say the same for nsra1933.

[miacasole]

This may be the only time I use profanity on the internet, but I want to say to nsra1933, you are a disgrace to this country using that kind of language. It occurs to me that when people need to revert to vulgarity, then are probably not very well spoken, or they would be better able to express their feelings in a more intelligent way. Katie Couric, along with Nora Jones are two women all American girls can look up to as role models. Can't say the same for nsra1933.

[nsra1933]

Katie is pure and simple a cunt. Why the hell she is still on the air is a disgrace to this country.

[nmflyer]

Her talent, style and feeling is amazing. Playing Flute for years. it would be simply amazing to colaborate with her on something... just for pure enjoyment.

[mjn76]

Katie Couric is just awful.

And she gives great advice: "You could smoke a lot of cigarettes and drink a lot of scotch."

[TheFirestarter701]

Norah I love you and I'm sure Katie is an excellent person, way to come down to her level for a moment.

[chunkylover214]

did she just say "raspy" ?

cigarettes and scotch?

does katie always interview like this?

[MOllySixxxCA]

Love Norah, too bad Katie is a trainwreck

[MsVikie]

Her music brings Peace... Some thing we are all in Need of.

[ghe4227]

"...smoke a lot of cigarettes and drink a lot of scotch..." "....breathier and a lot less clearer..." " ....Mariahish..." Katie, you must've been drunk!!! your questions and comments are from outer space, wtf???!!! lol

[BOJOPAWS]

Don't know why I didn't come.

[electronicmedium]

"if a martian landed and wanted to know what your lyrics are like what would you say" Your music is so unimportant seeing you dont sing anything that is with true importance.

[electronicmedium]

gross

[reconeix]

oh my. Couric sucks in this interview!!! She is trying to seem like she knows music -- while she's sitting in front of the one of the most NATURAL musicians working today.

how could she be so damned patronizing to Norah!! Norah showed great restraint.  'Norah's voice, 'not clear'??? what the hell is she smoking. Norah can produce a 'clear' phrase like nobody's business!!!

[deeway1963]

Norah reminds me somewhat of The Late and Great, Miss Billie Holiday.

[CarlosBluesman]

She´s a beautifull girl. Muito bonita and inteligent too. She would sing and play Bossa Nova. Then the miracle would be completed. At last!

[zolo25]

"Verbado" @ 2:56??? WTF is verbado Katie? I'm starting the petition to fire Katie Couric! Who's in?

[ilovelunic]

@zolo25 hahaha! LOL

[yourmommm123]

interviewer has no idea what she's talking about. Norah's voice is not raspy!!! it's pure, soft, and breath-taking. <333

[Jasonatron]

Katie's tone is bordering on patronizing

[DaCky93]

Norah is so polite and ,like she's naturally always that calm and soft, which is why her music can NEVER get old

[BTBAND08]

Katie Couric sounds like an asshole

[vangion]

@BTBAND08 Yeah but that's only because she is an asshole

[AllenChanThree]

Also... Katie's voice sounds doctored and Norah's voice does not. I mean Katie sounds like she is down some pipe somewhere.

[AllenChanThree]

Hey, did anybody else notice that Katie has a more raspy voice that Norah? So does Katie know from experience about smoking and drinking Scotch? But really folks, Katie is smart, so the producers must be forcing her to "dumb down" her interview. It is such a shame, 'cuse I was left hungering for the answers to smarter questions! I am fascinated with Norah and would really like to know so much more. Norah is so impressive in so many ways. All the best for Norah Jones!

[senordavidamor]

katie was just trying to sound informed. prob read some prepared report about NJ. but, yeah, Couric was more concerned bout how she would come off on camera than actually getting something interesitng outta norah

[0jimihendrix0]

It seems so stupid that the interviewer is asking questions about her voice and technique, when she doesn't know anything about vocal technique.

[WilburyVision]

yeh what a weirdo woman this interviewer is - she's obsessed with asking weird questions! Norah remains very positive and polite, all credit to her.

[TejasM14]

I prefer the Norah before her makeover, musically and otherwise too. I her first two albums were phenomenal and she looks stunning with long hair. Regardless NORAH IS PERFECT!

[himynameisoleander]

Did she just tell Norah Jones...

to smoke cigarettes and drink scotch? lmao

[MrTeddyBass]

RASPY!?!?!?!? Would it hurt Katie to listen to some of her music BEFORE she interviews her?

[Puck90a]

Norah jones is not raspy... she's very smooth and soothing. Katie was way off on that question.

[farstarfilms]

Norah knew you sang that song" Don't Know Why " saw it on sesame st. heard it on the radio but always thought it was fr a sad older person but after seeing you i love your music and the song even more

[atillayayla2456]

i love norah.

from turkey.

[femtophysiker]

Norah is a very very simple woman, I love her songs and her too! She is humorous too, what I find the best in her is her facial sadness that depicts me her deep thoughts in something.. I dont know in what!.

But I love her, just as she is... Not to marry, not to have, not to anything else...just like a wish to have a moon on the sky... I know, I cant have it! ... and I woul'nt either...

Great songs Norah.

Malik

[NoObIsT2612]

She's just a pure unpretentious woman, Norah is my type of girl :D

[UIWCardinalArmy]

@NoObIsT2612 yes... she is def my type of woman. if only more women could strive to be like her.

[cobrasaboteur1]

sooo UNIQUE

nice quantifying couric

[buhg1]

God I think she is great, but the interviewer is sucky :S

[bbagginz]

It's so refreshing to hear a singer that focusses onsubtlety, nuance and tone and that sings the tune without wanting to bore us silly with off their vocal licks...

[spadinajack]

Unto us a musical angel has been sent, and her name is Norah...and she is INCREDIBLE !!! Really purty too !

[metalbyku]

I'm inlove with HER !! Big respect from Poland

[chicox2]

Beautiful face, beatiful voice, beatiful songs. Big kiss Norah Jones. Brasil-Bahia-Salvador.

[SepticX]

What a ridiculously poor interviewER. Questions right off a card! A wasted opportunity if you ask me....

(which no one did)

[BlaaaAndBlaaa]

Amazing. <3

[CrimsonEmpire]

props to Norah for making a musical stand

[JoyDivisionSouth]

she sounds like orvill the duck...............the interviewer is bollox aswell

[italoirish888]

Norah has a very simple but elegant style.

[meloearth]

Is Katie drunk? WTF is wrong with her and her stupid questions?????? She's way too intrusive! Just horrible.

[lazer300]

1) aren't you contradicting yourself?

2) Katie Curic is a highly and widely respected news reporter and journalist.  It takes much training and experience to hone her skills. Of course that means asking pertinent questions to achieve her result.

[meloearth]

No, I stand by what I said. And I don't like Nora either. I wish her voice was on someone else. She's a bit on the bitchy side. I won't tell the story behind why I feel this way but it involves en event that happened in front of me, or with me.

No, Katie is a dufus. Many ppl share my opinion. So there.

[Snowchild44]

WTF! "Do you allways have that raspy voice"

[NapatVi]

@Snowchild44 let's kill Katie lol

[ilovelunic]

@meloearth hahahaaaaa!!!

[leedrennan]

@meloearth Katie is a freakin' moron

[chriskar5]

@meloearth I absolutely agree with you! Katie should stick to fashion and other stuff and stay away from artists.She was lucky , that Norah is a very gentle person. But then again Katie is not the brightest in a bunch anyhow....

[rickinnev]

@meloearth Have you ever seen this horrid bitch Couric where she is not invasive and intrusive and flat out just disgusting?

[NinjaPhallus]

@meloearth hahahaha raaaaad. . . KC is fucking awkward. . . i wish this was a prank. . . but she's serious. . . yegh. . .

[NinjaPhallus]

@meloearth hahahaha raaaaad. . . KC is awkward. . . i wish this was a prank. . . but she's serious. . . yegh. . .

[Desi387]

Her music is NOT simple, is just easy to hear! LUV HER!

[lazer300]

Well Norah Jones even said herself it's simple. I think she meant "tastefully simple", meaning refined and skilled yet uncomplicated.

[fyrmnm8a]

YOU ARE WAY BETTER THAN PJ HARVEY !!!

[spress15]

Great answers! Dumb questions.

[FruityLoopsas]

Questions are to smart to interviev listeners......

[MusicLivesInYou]

My message was a reaction to

MasterJackAubrey's comment, don't mind the typo's :)

[snoopy9352]

first question is stupid lol.. norah jones is beautiful! shes an amazing artist i love her!

[rakastaus]

Norah Jones is one of the best musicians of our time. I just love her voice, it is so warm, it's like filled with love.. I especially love to play her songs on my piano.

And I must say she is very beautiful, and funy too. in the bottom line - I love her.

[MasterJackAubrey]

radastaus - Ugh! "Norah Jones is one of the best musicians of our time"? Please! What is this thing with celebrity worship in this country? Norah Jones gets paid very well for what she does (which, by the way, sounds an awful lot like fluffy POP "hits" to me). I suspect she doesn't go home and gush over the likes of YOU or ME. If she weighed 300 pounds and had a big nose, I WONDER just how enamored of her music you'd be? Something tells me if such were the case NOBODY would know who she was!

[rakastaus]

Her music is very different from all the PopHits you mentioned. Maybe I overdid it with her "beauty stuff".

Her voice is very unique and the music is very simple and soft.

In my country, it is very difficult to find a good musician like her.. (I am a Finn, and as you know, Finland is the Scandinavian "Kingdom of Metal" and I hate that noisy music)

[Schmidt1989]

Nobody would know who she is, you're correct. This is because nobody would have promoted her... these days looks are too important. I do find her beautiful, and I love her songs and voice. On the same hand, I also love Sara Bareilles's voice and songs, but I must admit I am not attracted to her very much.

[MusicLivesInYou]

What 'bout aretha franlin or ella fitzgerald then mate... ;) I admit: style, looks and media are a mayor factor. Especially in todays music. But when I first heard Norah Jones I was stunned, and I heard 'er on the radio. Music aint dead yet, and won't as long as people like you start grabbing an instrument and show the world that won't submit to the madness of our time, and make something purely out of passion and experience.

-SiMp`.

[MasterJackAubrey]

MusicLives- Personally, I don't know any adults that have been "STUNNED" by anything except for maybe the events of Sept. 11th. As for Aretha Franklin...you know, in the old days, house servants were fat, black and old because they weren't threatening. Especially to the wives. Of course, you could have a Nora Jones but we both know you didn't hire her for her "talents". In a world of singers, who sit on stools playing piano or guitar, it's all been done SO many times before. Ho Hum!

[MusicLivesInYou]

Well who said I was an adult? :) Actually I was twelve when I first heard Norah Jones. Enough about my life story. As for the Norah Jones not being original. Of course the voice and the piano has been done so many times. Though every instrument combination has been done a milion times. I believe that she found her way to give a personal twist to the subject that many people find better than what they've heard so far.

Regarding Aretha... point taken =]

-SiMp`.

[purpledude603]

There's no more perfect woman on the face of the earth. In every way !!!

[rakastaus]

Damn right bro!

[jmhannon2011]

Nora Jones is such a sweetheart! she is one of those that you can hear her kindness through her music. is so overwhelming.

[ilgjbfs]

Katie Couric is so bad in this interview it's offensive.

She botched it big time, but since Norah Jones is perfect, I'm not surprised with how well she dealt with those stupid questions.

[annaberl]

Couric is an idiot. I wish she would quit interviewing people.

[meloearth]

I was just gonna post that very same thing.

[alpha7445]

shes soooooooo beautiful!

[LornaduPreez]

Norah is such a gem, I did not think that Katie quite "understands" her qualities enough to do a good interview. She did not get the essense of Norah.

[funkyjones]

I just want to kiss her ;)

[Poohbear0340]

By the way, the interviewer is Katie Couric. And yes, this interview is annoying. I hate Katie Couric.

[LucieHalamikova]

Very interesting interview :-) Norah is my favourite singer !!! I like her soft and calm songs and voice. Her songs influence me a lot when I compose my own songs...if you are interested just visit my channel :-)

Lucie

[sufenta67]

Her Dad is famous Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar

[santiarq]

es un ángel esa voz no puede ser de otro lugar

[dervishmadwhirler]

I just almost pissed myself laughing when the interviewer said "when they do all the virbato..."

10 to 1 she didnt know what the frog she was talking about until a day before the interview, when the producer explained, or something.

Or maybe she has used her 'virbator' a bit toot much right before the show.

Whatta mistaka to maka..

[sirjohnny1974]

what mistake? vibrato is that regular pulsating pitch change like you hear with alot of new artists :)

[dervishmadwhirler]

I know what vibrato is; she just prenounced it "virbato" which someone who knows what vibrato is wouldnt do. I guess.

[sirjohnny1974]

ohhhh phuck I didn't even noticed that hehehhe not even in your writing :P

[slothedog]

hahaha.. the interiewer has NO idea what she's talking about... hahahaha... she keeps trying to put words in her mouth.. very frustrating interview.

[radkid06]

I love her so much. She is insanely attractive.

[CraigFoye80]

She's not yet married.

[KurtCobain198666]

she's very single. She split with lee alexander

[scales57]

they split up?

[timkul76]

she is so pretty

[mohammads1987]

i am in love with you norah jones.

[FilmTraum29]

Es la hija de Ravi Shankar (segun Google)! Me gusta su estilo!

[Xavieter]

Sweetest woman that she is the love in person, a piece of heaven.

[DavyJones65]

mmmmwah

[heartsofspace]

Is it true that, at the end of an interview, Norah whinnies like a horse?

[dsarverr]

I would totally marry her :-)

[tcsurvivor03]

is she married?

[DKarias]

i just fell in love

[jpitcher13]

what a terrible interview, katie couric asked horrible questions

[infinitefinite84]

Agreed.

[ShangoJamal]

Thank You! It was just waaaay too much time spent on Norah Jones vocal analysis. Who cares how she describes her own voice. Move On!

[brownsteel2008]

at 2:07 she sounds and looks somewhat like julia roberts. i think norah jones is the most gifted singer and the most talented. she has such a great voice and shes not raspy at all....

[boobtuber06]

what shallow interviewing...

[mouthcorner]

Maybe Katie Couric is an alien. Raspy??

[royalwww]

I know right!

[hurry19]

she is lovely!!! so unpretentiouus!

[randolfflodnar]

damn right!! simple.. but i really love it!!

[MilesMuhldoon]

suckasses for obama at the end...

[liuwenjie6678]

hi norah?...im elmo!

[godsmanforsure]

Honey smoth voice and to lovely 4 words

[bgt61grotom]

Nora Jones is a good singer and she is so beautiful.

[johanna601]

she's so pretty, and her voice is wonderful

[Russelllynn32]

her voice is soft and sexy not Raspy!!!!

[waitin4winter]

katie couric is very unflattering in the way she asks her questions.

[johanna601]

no, but she's acting like norah's a little girl...

[VisualDemonAr]

The interviewer is crapy.

[kurohyou07]

She has a voice that is best describes as... warm water pouring over ice... soothing... What Angel's might be like... kinda.

[ihatemyusername2008]

something about her is just really nice

[changphasuk]

For "simple people with sophisticated taste"

[yvette74731]

she is so beautiful! glamours! amazing woman.

she is a true beauty.

[KyleStirlingOnTube]

I love Nora. She is so real and so beautiful and so gifted.

[mentzer51]

"for simple people"

[englishdomino]

i like being simple. It's really simple.

[kukis54]

cOoLLL

GREAt¡¡

[principessa0007]

Yes, she is Shankar's daughter but they had little contact while she was growing up.

[lala7421]

She is the daughter of Ravi shankar! She is as talented as her father but in a different way

[travelingchic]

Norah Jones is an incredible artist and will always be highly respected in my book.