New York, June 05: As dreamlike as Norah Jones' past year has been, the 'folky' jazz singer is ready to snap out of it. "I'm kind of anxious to do (another album) because I wanted to move on so badly," says the Grammy winner, who starts a summer tour in the United States tomorrow. "Even if it's a big flop, I just want to go to the next stage, because some of the record was recorded so long ago, I just got so sick of it." Jones seems to be in the minority with those sentiments. "Come away with me," which became a surprise double-platinum sensation last year, has refused to die. The disc has hovered at or near the top of the album charts for months since her Grammy wins in February. It's now sold more than 6 million copies. And tomorrow, she kicks off a summer tour in fort Myers, Florida, playing in front of thousands of fans each night.

But she acknowledges she's more comfortable singing to a few dozen in a nightclub; that's how she's been spending her time recently, warbling country tunes with a couple of friends in a tiny New York city bar. "This year has been so pressurized, and every show, somebody's coming that's important, or somebody's going to write an article - `Oh no, we've got to be good.' and I need to stop thinking about that. But this summer, we're playing for like 5,000 people, and it's like, `Oh no, that's going to be scary too!'"

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