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

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.

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.

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

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.

Pick my left pocket of its silver dime but spare the right-it holds my golden time!

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

Having you close like this makes me forget the reasons why this won’t work. We will never work.

Intuition is the soul within the soul.

It is easier to confront a threat as a mass, a group, not individuals who must be evaluated one by one.

We arrogantly assume that the nervous system doesn't really need to be coaxed into romance. That romance comes from some other place.

One day you can be a kid, but another day you have to be like this is your job, you play tennis. You have to work for that.

That's why there's so little romance in our world now: everyone thinks romance is weak.

Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.