Emeli Sande Quotes

You've got the words to change a nation but you're biting your tongue

It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.

I wasn't intentionally trying to create my own path or be original, it was just I needed to say certain things and I needed to express myself, and that's how it came out.

I tried to bang down a lot of doors but Virgin were the only label who believed in what I was doing. I ended up with the label that understood what I was trying to do.

Sometimes you feel like a very small drop in this huge ocean.

I want to speak for people that may not feel like they're being spoken for at the moment. And I want to make a connection between the world around us and the charts.

From when I was a kid I wanted to write. It was so important to me that I was writing my own material.

Any song I have to work on longer than a day, I just leave it. It's not gonna work. Everything that's good is really instant.

I was very quiet until I got at the piano, and weekends, lunch breaks, after school, before school, I was just making music.

I was so shy and so quiet, and the only time I had my own voice and I could really connect with people was when I was singing or on stage.

Anytime I write something that's trying to be too smart, it doesn't work.

Clown' was written when I couldn't find anyone who believed in me as an artist. Maybe those labels will think twice next time a young songwriter comes along.

Melody is the first thing that comes to me when I'm songwriting. I learned piano classically first, and then I went into soul, and so melody has always been the first. It's so important.

Songwriting is my main thing. I know that I'll do that for the rest of my life.

The focus is on singer/songwriters now rather than huge shows. I mean, of course there's always a place for that too.

I'm not too bothered about what category my music goes in and there's no point in limiting in who you can reach, but I want it to be respected.

I wanted to make an album that melodically people can connect to; something that reflects our times and the kinds of difficulties we face.

I mean, there'll always be room for big productions and everything but it's good to see the other side.

I always knew I wanted to be a musician, and I always knew I wanted to write, 'cause the people I was listening to all wrote. I never thought it was an option to sing anyone else's songs.

I think people don't realize how many hours of practice goes into becoming a musician and getting better.

I'd be smiling if I wasn't so desperate. I'd be patient if I had the time.

Because they're my stories, they're my version of events of the past three years. But I really hope people can hear their own stories within the songs and they can become our version of events.