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?

I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.

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.

If you're only making an album every 10 years, it better be good.

I've got absolutely no real perception, properly, of time.

I don't like looking outrageous.