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Emeli Sandé Quotes

born 1987 Scotland

Adele Emily Sandé, MBE (/ˈsændeɪ/ SAN-day; born 10 March 1987), known professionally as Emeli Sandé, is a Scottish singer and songwriter. Born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, and raised in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, by an English mother and a Zambian father, Sandé rose to prominence after being a featured artist on the 2009 track "Diamond Rings" by rapper Chipmunk.

Scotland
Singer-songwriters

Random Emeli Sandé quote

5 quotes

"You have to be a citizen of the world."

"The easiest thing is to start blaming the company – they didn’t let me do what I wanted – but often enough, we stop ourselves because it is scary to take a risk."

"I definitely feel, as a woman at a certain age, if you don’t fit into a certain box, it becomes hard for everybody else."

"Cutting my hair was probably the starting point of embracing myself. We try to control the natural things about ourselves because we’ve been told to be something else. Every part of my life now is authentic and it feels so refreshing."

"Coming out this year taught me that you have to be yourself. I’m lucky to live in a place where I can announce my relationship with a woman."

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Emeli Sandé (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.