People that come to my shows are definitely people that feel outsiders. They feel like I don’t feel sexy, I don’t feel like – I can’t go out every night on Friday and I can’t connect to that, and I feel so much pressure to do that.
EMELI SANDEAny 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.
More Emeli Sande Quotes
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I think people don’t realize how many hours of practice goes into becoming a musician and getting better.
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I was very quiet until I got at the piano, and weekends, lunch breaks, after school, before school, I was just making music.
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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.
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It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.
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I wanted to make an album that melodically people can connect to; something that reflects our times and the kinds of difficulties we face.
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I’d be smiling if I wasn’t so desperate. I’d be patient if I had the time.
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Sometimes you feel like a very small drop in this huge ocean.
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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.
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I mean, there’ll always be room for big productions and everything but it’s good to see the other side.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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From when I was a kid I wanted to write. It was so important to me that I was writing my own material.
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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.
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Songwriting is my main thing. I know that I’ll do that for the rest of my life.
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