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.
EMELI SANDEI’d be smiling if I wasn’t so desperate. I’d be patient if I had the time.
More Emeli Sande Quotes
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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’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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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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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 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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I feel like ‘Next To Me’ is a great introduction because it’s a simple song that has a simple message for me. I wanted to introduce something that lyrically I’m proud of and introduces me both as an artist and as a writer.
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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.
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You’ve got the words to change a nation but you’re biting your tongue.
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Anytime I write something that’s trying to be too smart, it doesn’t work.
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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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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.
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I couldn’t help but feel very different from everybody, so I think that’s why I found such a big world in music, and that’s why I kind of – I was an introvert as a kid, but I loved the piano, and that’s where I felt at home.
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Sometimes you feel like a very small drop in this huge ocean.
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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’d be smiling if I wasn’t so desperate. I’d be patient if I had the time.
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