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

My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded..

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 came….

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

I don't like looking outrageous..

I look a lot like my father and his mother..

People generally let me be me. People are aware that I'm not someone particularly begging for attention. They hold back a bit with me..

When you play arenas you can create whatever you want. At a theater the height of the stage and the limitations of the theater can make you feel more….

I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers..

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

My father was a very difficult man..

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

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 ….

I don't get easily bored. I'm not that kind of person..

I always see myself as much more of a musician than a celebrity..

The anxiety I feel when I'm late is nothing like the anxiety I feel when I'm on time..

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

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

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

There isn't a class structure in Nigeria, there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned..