Adele quotes
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“I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears.”
-- AdeleSource : "Adele Opens Up About Her Inspirations, Looks and Stage Fright", www.rollingstone.com. April 28, 2011.
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“Exploiting yourself sexually is not a good look. I don't find it encouraging...I just stand there and sing. I'm not worried that I'm a 'plus size' and so much bigger than other artists. No matter what you look like the key is to be happy with yourself.”
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“I've got some news... I'm delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together. I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we're over the moon.”
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“Whenever I'm about to eat meat I always see my little dog's eyes.”
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“I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.”
-- AdeleSource : "Adele's Health Crisis and Comeback". People Magazine Interview, people.com. February 8, 2012.
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“I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy.”
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“Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartbreak when I was writing my first album, I didn't mean to but I just did.”
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“I’ve seen people where it rules their lives, you know, who want to be thinner or have bigger boobs, and how it wears them down. And I just don’t want that in my life.”
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“I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me.”
-- AdeleSource : "Adele Talks Body Image Pride, Pre-Show Sickness In Vogue UK". Vogue Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2011.
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“I like looking nice, but I always put comfort over fashion. I don't find thin girls attractive; be happy and healthy. I've never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather have lunch with my friends than go to a gym.”
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“I'd lose weight if I was an actress and had to play a role where you're supposed to be 40 lbs lighter, but weight has nothing to do with my career. Even when I was signing a contract, most of the industry knew if anyone ever dared say lose weight to me, they wouldn't be working with me.”
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“The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why they always end up being so personal - because the kind of artists I like, they convince me, they totally win me over straight away in that thing. Like, 'Oh my God, this song is totally about me.'”
-- AdeleSource : "The Many Ages Of Adele". Interview with Esther Zuckerman, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 23, 2011.
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“The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.”
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“I doubt I'll be singing forever, because at some point people aren't going to want to hear my music, and I hope that I'll still get the opportunity to write songs.”
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“It's never been an issue for me - I don't want to go on a diet, I don't want to eat a Caesar salad with no dressing, why would I do that? I ain't got time for this, just be happy and don't be stupid. If I've got a boyfriend and he loves my body then I'm not worried.”
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“I won't let you close enough to hurt me.”
-- AdeleSource : Song: Turning Tables, Album: 21, 2011
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“In the songs I can still be really really direct but in interviews when I'm explaining my songs I shouldn't be so direct about who they're about.”
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“Let the sky fall, when it crumbles - We will stand tall - Face it all together”
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“The scars of your love remind me of us they keep me thinking that we almost had it all the scars of your love they leave me breathless I can't help feeling we could have had it all”
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“Don't underestimate the things that I will do.”
-- AdeleSource : Song: Rolling in the Deep, Album: 21, 2011
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“I don’t have time to worry about something as petty as what I look like”
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“If I am constantly working, my relationships fail. So at least now I can have enough time to write a happy record. And be in love and be happy. And then I don't know what I'll do. Get married. Have some kids. Plant a nice vegetable patch.”
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“I am never writing a breakup record again, by the way. I'm done with being a bitter witch.”
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“I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a niche yet, I'm just writing love songs.”
-- AdeleSource : "Adele - The Biography". Book by Chas Newkey-Burden, 2011.
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“Be brave and fearless to know that even if you do make a wrong decision, you're making it for a good reason.”
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“People are starting to go on about my weight but I'm not going to change my size because they don't like the way I look.”
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“Sometimes my songs wander off a bit and are not always coherent.”
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“I've never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather go for lunch with my friends than go to a gym.”
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“You have to prioritize what you stress about when you have a child.”
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“I was about to meet Beyonce, and I had a full-blown anxiety attack. Then she popped in looking gorgeous, and said, 'You're amazing! When I listen to you I feel like I'm listening to God.'”
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“Americans are always mortified when I tell them this, but in England, it's a tradition to put your plaques and photographs and awards and gold records and stuff in your bathroom. I don't know why.”
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“Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavement, even if it leads nowhere?”
-- AdeleSource : Song: Chasing Pavements, Album: 19, 2008
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“Where you go, I go, What you see, I see, I know I'd never be me without the security, Are your loving arms keeping me from harm Put your hands in my hand & we'll stand.”
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“Nothing that I wouldn't do, to make you feel my love”
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“I'm like the opposite of one of those comedians who's funny on stage and depressed behind closed doors . On record, I can get pretty dark, but in real life I'm very carefree. But when I'm happy, I ain't writing songs, I'm out having a laugh, being in love. I wouldn't have the time. If I ever get married, it'll be 'Darling, I need a divorce, it's been three years, I've got a record to write!'”
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“Regrets and Mistakes, they're Memories made”
-- AdeleSource : Song: Someone Like You, Album: 21
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“I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.”
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“I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others.”
-- AdeleSource : "Adele: 'I have all the say; I have power over everything I do'". www.dailymail.co.uk. February 13, 2009.
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“I want to go and see things as a fan again. I am a fan, but I can't remember what it feels like to be a fan anymore. Because I've become an artist. I've become the artist.”
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“If I were a writer and not a singer in 10 years, I don't know how I'd feel about writing really personal songs and getting someone else to sing them.”
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“I don't want to be in everyone's face. I'm a big music fan, and I get really pissed off when it gets like that and I don't want people to get like that with me.”
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“My worst fear is my music won't connect with the public.”
-- AdeleSource : "Mad about the girl" by Sylvia Patterson, www.theguardian.com. January 27, 2008.
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“A drunk tongue is an honest one in my opinion.”
-- AdeleSource : "Booze helps Adele write songs". www.thesun.co.uk. April 5, 2016.
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“People think that I popped out of my mother's womb singing 'Chasing Pavements'.”
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“I find it quite difficult to think that there's, you know, about 20 million people listening to my album that I wrote very selfishly to get over a breakup. I didn't write it being that it's going to be a hit.”
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“I think it's shameful when you sell out. It depends what kind of artist you wanna be, but I don't want my name anywhere near another brand.”
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“I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me.”
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“I'm really happy to be me, and I'd like to think people like me more because I'm happy with myself and not because I refuse to conform to anything.”
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“I wouldn't be able to write a song like 'Someone Like You' and get someone else to sing it because it's so personal. It's like giving away your heart.”
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“It's warts and all in my songs, and I think that's why people can relate to them.”
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“You can't complain about your dressing room or you'll look like Celine Dion.”
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“I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver.”
-- AdeleSource : Stuart Chase (2015). “Tyranny of Words”, p.71, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“I like eating fine foods and drinking nice wine. Even if I had a really good figure, I don't think I'd get my t**s and ***** out for no one.”
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“I enjoy being me; I always have done. I've seen people where it rules their lives, you know, who want to be thinner or have bigger boobs, and it wears them down. And I don't want that in my life. It's never been an issue - at least, I've never hung out with the sort of horrible people who would make it an issue. I have insecurities, of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me.”
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“Beauty comes from within, not from what you wear.”
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“So is it over is this really it You've given up so easily I thought you loved me more than this”
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“I let it fall, my heart And as it fell, you rose to claim it, It was dark, and I was sober, Until you kissed my lips and you saved me.”
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“I can't write another breakup record. That would be a real cliche.”
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“I think no matter what you look like, the key is to first of all be happy with yourself. And then you know if you want to try to improve things that you don't like about yourself, then do it after your appreciate yourself.”
-- AdeleSource : Fannie Flagg (2013). “Fried Green Tomatoes, Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, and I Still Dream About You: Three Bestselling Novels”, p.160, Random House
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“I love a bit of drama. That's a bad thing. I can flip really quickly.”
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“There is nothing that would upset me more than my dad being bribed by the press. It's like, 'Just let them run it, then. Don't you give them ammunition.'”
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“In five years' time I'd like to be a mum. I want to settle down and have a family, definitely sooner rather than later. I'd like to have finished my second album too, maybe even my third. I'd like a sound that sticks around that other people are inspired by and that people know is me.”
-- Adele
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