Best 30 quotes of Sade Adu on MyQuotes

All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!

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.

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 am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.

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

I have no technical training and am completely uneducated in music.

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

I love writing songs.

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

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

I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention.

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.

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

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

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.

I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers.

London was a really multi-racial city ... It's incredible how comfortable people are with race there.

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

Move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.

My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.

My musical career was an accident.

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

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.

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.

The anxiety I feel when I'm late is nothing like the anxiety I feel when I'm on time.

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

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.

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?

When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.

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.