Sade Adu quotes
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“When I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out.”
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“I've made sacrifices. I'm not anti-fashion but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing.”
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“What could equal the bliss? / The thrill of the first kiss / It'll blow right to you / It's never as good as the first time.”
-- Sade AduSource : Song: Never as Good as the First Time, Album: Promise
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“There isn't a class structure in Nigeria; there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned.”
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“London was a really multi-racial city ... It's incredible how comfortable people are with race there.”
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“I don't like looking outrageous.”
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“I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.”
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“I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage.”
-- Sade AduSource : "Why Sade is bigger in the US than Adele" by Sophie Heawood, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2012.
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“I always see myself as much more of a musician than a celebrity.”
-- Sade AduSource : "Transforming Sade talks new 'Lifetime' tour". Q&A with David Lindquist, www.azcentral.com. July 22, 2011.
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“I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I've ended up with an educated thug.”
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“The anxiety I feel when I'm late is nothing like the anxiety I feel when I'm on time.”
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“Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.”
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“To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend.”
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“Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.”
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“My musical career was an accident.”
-- Sade AduSource : "The Pop Life; 'Diamond Life,' Sade's Debut Album" by Stephen Holden, www.nytimes.com. January 30, 1985.
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“When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.”
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“When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.”
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“People are so used to having their lives filmed, they're not even conscious of having cameras around. I still have that sort of suspicion when a camera comes out. I view it as a thing to fear.”
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“Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's lost. If I'm cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, what's the point of doing it?”
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“When you play arenas you can create whatever you want. At a theater the height of the stage and the limitations of the theater can make you feel more separate from the audience.”
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“Move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.”
-- Sade AduSource : Song: Smooth Operator, Album: Diamond Life, 1984
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“People generally let me be me. People are aware that I'm not someone particularly begging for attention. They hold back a bit with me.”
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“Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.”
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“I have no technical training and am completely uneducated in music.”
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“My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.”
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“From being at art college, I've always hated people that have the gall to think that they're being incredibly different when they're doing something in a very acceptable way, something safe that they've seen someone else doing.”
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“I just aspire to pick people up. That's my ambition.”
-- Sade AduSource : "Sade soldiers on leisurely to keep love alive" by Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. August 24, 2011.
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“I only make records when I feel I have something to say. I'm not interested in releasing music just for the sake of selling something. Sade is not a brand.”
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“I don't get easily bored. I'm not that kind of person.”
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“I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.”
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“I'm not over the top; I'm not wacky. I'm fairly understated, and that reflects in the way I sing.”
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“I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.”
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“I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention.”
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“I've got absolutely no real perception, properly, of time.”
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“I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers.”
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“If you're only making an album every 10 years, it better be good.”
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“All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!”
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