A biography for Sade Aduhasn’t been written yet.
“When I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out.”
“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 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.”
“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 think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.”
“I don't like looking outrageous.”
“All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!”
“There isn't a class structure in Nigeria; there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned.”
“Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.”
“I've got absolutely no real perception, properly, of time.”
“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.”
“My musical career was an accident.”
“I have no technical training and am completely uneducated in music.”
“I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers.”
“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?”
“When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.”
“I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.”
“To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend.”
“I look a lot like my father and his mother.”