Sade Adu Quotes

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• Move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.

  Sade Adu

  Inspirational, Moving, Space

  Song: Smooth Operator, Album: Diamond Life, 1984

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

  Sade Adu

  Ambition, People, Aspire

  "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.

  Sade Adu

  Records, Sake, Selling

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

  Sade Adu

  Thinking, Outsiders, Feels

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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.

  Sade Adu

  Song, People, Purpose

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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?

  Sade Adu

  Cooking, Lovely, World

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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.

  Sade Adu

  Nice, Thug, Long

  "Why Sade is bigger in the US than Adele" by Sophie Heawood, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2012.

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• When I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out.

  Sade Adu

  Emotion, Studios

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

  Sade Adu

  Anxiety, Late, Feels

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• I don't like looking outrageous.

  Sade Adu

  Outrageous

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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.

  Sade Adu

  People, Attention, Begging

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

  Sade Adu

  Training, Educated And Uneducated, Technical Training

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

  Sade Adu

  Mother, Strong, Feels

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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.

  Sade Adu

  Fashion, Attitude, Sacrifice

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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.

  Sade Adu

  Art, College, Thinking

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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 Adu

  Kissing, Blow, Thrill

  Song: Never as Good as the First Time, Album: Promise

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

  Sade Adu

  Years, Albums, Be Good

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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.

  Sade Adu

  Way, Understated, Over The Top

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• My musical career was an accident.

  Sade Adu

  Careers, Musical, Accidents

  "The Pop Life; 'Diamond Life,' Sade's Debut Album" by Stephen Holden, www.nytimes.com. January 30, 1985.

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

  Sade Adu

  Class, Difficult

  "Why Sade is bigger in the US than Adele" by Sophie Heawood, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2012.

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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!

  Sade Adu

  Dynasty, Want, Littles

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

  Sade Adu

  People, Shy, Journalist

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• I always see myself as much more of a musician than a celebrity.

  Sade Adu

  Musician

  "Transforming Sade talks new 'Lifetime' tour". Q&A with David Lindquist, www.azcentral.com. July 22, 2011.

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

  Sade Adu

  Attention, Fame, Uneasy

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• I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.

  Sade Adu

  Way, Reluctant

  "Transforming Sade talks new 'Lifetime' tour". Q&A with David Lindquist, www.azcentral.com. July 22, 2011.

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