Emeli Sande Quotes & Sayings

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

“Just thinking of all the things I'd done getting there and everything I've sacrificed to do so. But what's happening now makes it worth it.”

“Anytime I write something that's trying to be too smart, it doesn't work.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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?”

“Because they're my stories, they're my version of events of the past three years. But I really hope people can hear their own stories within the songs and they can become our version of events.”

“I wanted to make an album that melodically people can connect to; something that reflects our times and the kinds of difficulties we face.”

“I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for songs. There were songs like 'Clown' and 'Mountains' that were my songs that I wanted to keep. But the record labels saw me as a songwriter. It was hard to get people to believe in me as an artist.”

“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.”