I’d be smiling if I wasn’t so desperate. I’d be patient if I had the time.
EMELI SANDE
I was very quiet until I got at the piano, and weekends, lunch breaks, after school, before school, I was just making music.
More Emeli Sande Quotes
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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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Songwriting is my main thing. I know that I’ll do that for the rest of my life.
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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’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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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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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 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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It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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