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

Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.

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?

Move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

I don't like looking outrageous.

We all encounter things that we can't perhaps change and that's OK because surely there are many other things that we can.

Until the day of his death no man can be sure of his courage.

The busyness of your life leaves little room for the source of your life.

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

I've never seen or heard of a mob sitting down to read a film script.

As you warm the climate, you basically raise the speed limit on hurricanes

Through the Australians, and the Japanese, too, I suppose, the Americans get their message across, but not in a heavy-handed way.

The Republicans went so far to the right that they just can't get votes. They've become a dedicated party of the very rich and the corporate sector.

There are moments when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid them. But they are there for some reason.

Only by seeking challenges can we hope to find the best in ourselves.