I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.

I have no technical training and am completely uneducated in music.

People are so used to having their lives filmed, they're not even conscious of having cameras around. I still have that sort of suspicion when a camera comes out. I view it as a thing to fear.

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.

From being at art college, I've always hated people that have the gall to think that they're being incredibly different when they're doing something in a very acceptable way, something safe that they've seen someone else doing.

Move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.

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