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
There isn't a class structure in Nigeria; there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned.
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.
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.
Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.
London was a really multi-racial city ... It's incredible how comfortable people are with race there.
If you're only making an album every 10 years, it better be good.
I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers.
I've got absolutely no real perception, properly, of time.
I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention.
I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage.
I just aspire to pick people up. That's my ambition.
My father was a very difficult man.
My musical career was an accident.