Top 44 Quotes & Sayings by Sade Adu

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Nigerian musician Sade Adu.

Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Helen Folasade Adu, known professionally as Sade Adu or simply Sade, is a Nigerian-born British singer, songwriter, and actress, known as the lead singer of her eponymous band. One of the most successful British female artists in history, she is often recognised as an influence on contemporary music. Her influence on music was recognised in the UK with an award of the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2002, and was made Commander in the 2017 Birthday Honours.

Nigerian - Musician | Born: January 16, 1959

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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.

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

My musical career was an accident.

Sade Adu

I love writing songs.

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

I look a lot like my father and his mother.

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

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

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

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.

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.

Sade Adu

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

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

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

I don't like looking outrageous.

Sade Adu

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

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

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

I'm always late.

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

My father was a very difficult man.

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

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

Sade Adu

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

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.

Sade Adu

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

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

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

Sade Adu

Move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.

Sade Adu

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

Top 44 Quotes & Sayings by Sade Adu

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