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.
When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.
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.
Move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.
If you’re only making an album every 10 years, it better be good.
I’ve never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers.
I’ve got absolutely no real perception, properly, of time.
My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.
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 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 just aspire to pick people up. That’s my ambition.
I always see myself as much more of a musician than a celebrity.
I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.
I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage.
I have no technical training and am completely uneducated in music.
I look a lot like my father and his mother.
I love writing songs.
I think you only really feel like an outsider if you’ve been an insider.
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.