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

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

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?

Move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.

I just aspire to pick people up. That's my ambition.

When I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out.

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.

To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend.

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

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.

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.

Praying is holy act.

Love is about heartbreak, If you think it’s fulfillment, happiness, satisfaction, union, it's even more heartbreak.

What was and what may be lie, like children whose faces we cannot see, in the arms of silence. All we have is here, now.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Don't stop now. Go ahead! Be readers all of your lives. And don't forget, librarians and teachers can help you find the right books to read.

And right now, you two jackwagons are right in the middle of my living room and I'm coming to take out the trash.

You are what you love.

The world is a nest of crows; some caw in praise; some caw in derision. But men should be above the reach of praise and blame.

I've only ever gone into studio films with people I really like.

I have an enormous appetite to see life as I know it presented in front of my eyes.