Songwriting is my main thing. I know that I’ll do that for the rest of my life.
EMELI SANDE
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.
More Emeli Sande Quotes
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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 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 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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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’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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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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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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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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Clown’ was written when I couldn’t find anyone who believed in me as an artist. Maybe those labels will think twice next time a young songwriter comes along.
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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 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 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 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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You’ve got the words to change a nation but you’re biting your tongue.
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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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