Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.

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?

Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.

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.

What could equal the bliss? / The thrill of the first kiss / It'll blow right to you / It's never as good as the first time.

I'm not over the top; I'm not wacky. I'm fairly understated, and that reflects in the way I sing.

My father was a very difficult man.