Sade Adu quotes

I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider. (Sade Adu)
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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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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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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I don't like looking outrageous.
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Most things around are very similar in every respect, the music and the way people look. In order to be in a band, you have to have certain colors in your hair-still! Our image is striking because it is different, not because it is particularly outstanding.
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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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I look a lot like my father and his mother.
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Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.
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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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My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded. (Sade Adu)
Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.
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I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage.
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I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.
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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 I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out.
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My father was a very difficult man.
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I have no technical training and am completely uneducated in music.
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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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I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.
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I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists. (Sade Adu)
I just aspire to pick people up. That's my ambition.
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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 don't get easily bored. I'm not that kind of person.
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I always see myself as much more of a musician than a celebrity.
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