When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.

I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.

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

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

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.

I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.