Quotes from Sade Adu

I'm not over the top; I'm not wacky. I'm fairly understated, and that reflects in the way I sing.

I don't get easily bored. I'm not that kind of person.

I just aspire to pick people up. That's my ambition.

My father was a very difficult man.

There isn't a class structure in Nigeria, there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned.

To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend.

My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.

I look a lot like my father and his mother.

Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.

If you're only making an album every 10 years, it better be good.

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.

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?

Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.

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.

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.

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.

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?

I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage.

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.

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.

I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.

I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.

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.

I've got absolutely no real perception, properly, of time.