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It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.

Emeli Sande

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

Goodness Myself Production Room See
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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Different Help Home Love Music Myself Piano Thinking
I try to speak of a love that not necessarily romantic. I think there is so much love between people and so much love people want to give but it’s harder and harder these days to show that, to celebrate that, you know?
EMELI SANDE

Celebration Love Myself Necessary People Romance
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.
EMELI SANDE

Artist Feeling Greatness Lyrics Message Myself Writing
The focus is on singer/songwriters now rather than huge shows. I mean, of course there’s always a place for that too.
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Focus Huge Myself Place Writing
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.
EMELI SANDE

Creation Expression Intention Myself Path
I don’t know if I was as ambitious as to change the world, but I do feel like – the reason why I called the album “Our Version of Events” was that I feel a lot of people are not represented in pop music and popular culture.
EMELI SANDE

Ambitious Change Feeling Myself People
Sometimes you feel like a very small drop in this huge ocean.
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Drop Feeling Ocean Small Time Value Yourself
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.
EMELI SANDE

Important Learning Melody Myself Soul Writing
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.
EMELI SANDE

Day Goodness Leaving Music Myself Quick Song Time Work
Anytime I write something that’s trying to be too smart, it doesn’t work.
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Myself Smart Work Writing
It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.
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Courage Lost Love Ourselves Protect Sad
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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Album Connection Difficult Ourselves People Reflection Time
You’ve got the words to change a nation but you’re biting your tongue.
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Bite Change Nation Tongue Word Yourself
I’d be smiling if I wasn’t so desperate. I’d be patient if I had the time.
EMELI SANDE

Desperate Myself Patience Smile Time
I think people don’t realize how many hours of practice goes into becoming a musician and getting better.
EMELI SANDE

Musician Myself People Practice Thinking

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