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.

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

I look a lot like my father and his mother.

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.

Move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.

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.