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
I look a lot like my father and his mother.
I love writing songs.
I'm not over the top; I'm not wacky. I'm fairly understated, and that reflects in the way I sing.
I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.
I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.
I've made sacrifices. I'm not anti-fashion but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing.
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.
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 separate from the audience.
I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I've ended up with an educated thug.
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?
The anxiety I feel when I'm late is nothing like the anxiety I feel when I'm on time.
When I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out.
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.
To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend.