Sade Adu quotes - page 2

I love writing songs. (Sade Adu)
If you're only making an album every 10 years, it better be good. View quote
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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. View quote
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My musical career was an accident. View quote
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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. View quote
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The anxiety I feel when I'm late is nothing like the anxiety I feel when I'm on time. View quote
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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. View quote
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To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend. View quote
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I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention. View quote
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I've got absolutely no real perception, properly, of time. View quote
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I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers. (Sade Adu)
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. View quote
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London was a really multi-racial city ... It's incredible how comfortable people are with race there. View quote
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I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage. There isn't a class structure in Nigeria, there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned. My mother comes from a family where her mother was very working-class and her father was middle-class stroke artsy-fartsy. View quote
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You sort of feel like you're a gladiator going out there because even though you know most of these people have come from a good place and they love your music and they come with a feeling of love, which is what you walk away with...It's a bit like being thrown at the lions when you go out there because you have this sort of fear, even though it's irrational, (that) you're going to get torn apart, so you go out and you have to be good. View quote
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