I’d be smiling if I wasn’t so desperate. I’d be patient if I had the time.
EMELI SANDEI 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?
More Emeli Sande Quotes
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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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It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.
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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.
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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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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 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 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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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 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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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 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 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?
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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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Anytime I write something that’s trying to be too smart, it doesn’t work.
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You’ve got the words to change a nation but you’re biting your tongue.
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