64 Quotes by 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.

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?

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

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.

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

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 don’t like looking outrageous.

Radio interviews are really snappy and I’m just bad at that. I just close down.