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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.

Emeli Sande

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
Anytime I write something that’s trying to be too smart, it doesn’t work.
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Myself Smart Work Writing
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
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.
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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
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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Break Education Music Myself Quiet
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 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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Celebration Love Myself Necessary People Romance
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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Category Limitation Music Myself Point Reach Respect
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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Goodness Myself Production Room See
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
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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Connection Feeling Myself Night People
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 think people don’t realize how many hours of practice goes into becoming a musician and getting better.
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Musician Myself People Practice Thinking
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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Children Important Material Myself Writing
Songwriting is my main thing. I know that I’ll do that for the rest of my life.
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Life Music Myself Writing

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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