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?

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.

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.

I don't like looking outrageous.

You are capable of loving. Love deeply.

The cool part about naming your kid is you don’t have to add six numbers to make sure the name is available.

Every day I wake up and go to sleep, I'm thinking about beating Cub Swanson

There are no planes in the spiritual life; we are either going uphill or coming down.

But people will laugh at all sorts of things.

To finally get that call from the doctor that you're pregnant and you're having a baby.... It was just another world.

The fine arts are five in number, namely: painting, sculpture, poetry, music, and architecture, the principal branch of the latter being pastry.

In the end, it's the people who are curious who change the world.

Those who will not dance will have to be shot

Those who manage change in modern organizations need to learn to dance, to become healers capable of releasing collective energy to heal the wounds of change.