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

All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!

When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.

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

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

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

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.