Emeli Sande Quotes

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

Just thinking of all the things I'd done getting there and everything I've sacrificed to do so. But what's happening now makes it worth it.

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

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

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'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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.