Sade Adu
Sade Adu
Helen Folasade Adu, OBE, known professionally as Sade Adu or simply Sade, is a Nigerian-born English singer-songwriter, composer, arranger, and record producer. With members Paul S. Denman, Andrew Hale, and Stuart Matthewman, she gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the English band Sade. Following a brief stint as a fashion designer of men's clothing and part-time model, Adu began backup singing for the band Pride. Growing attention from record labels led her, along with other fellow band members,...
NationalityNigerian
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth16 January 1959
CountryNigeria
Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
Move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.
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.
When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.
When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.
Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.
My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.
All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!
I always see myself as much more of a musician than a celebrity.
I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.
I don't get easily bored. I'm not that kind of person.
I don't like looking outrageous.
I have no technical training and am completely uneducated in music.