Adele Quotes
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| Adele |
"Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper
sensibility for writing songs.
I drew on a lot of heartbreak when I was
writing my first album, I didn't mean to but I just did."
Adele is the British singer whose 2008 debut album won two Grammy Awards
and made her a leading pop singer in the U.K and the United States.
Adele Adkins (who performs under her first name alone) was raised in
London, grew up imitating the Spice Girls
at home, and began singing in earnest at age 14, according to her
official biography. After posting songs to MySpace.com, Adele was
discovered by XL Recordings in 2006. Her 2008 debut album, 19,
included the singles "Hometown Glory" and "Chasing Pavements" and won
her Grammy Awards as best new artist and (for "Chasing Pavements") best
female pop vocal performance. Never a pop waif, Adele is known for her
smoky voice and plus-sized body, which she uses to belt out power
ballads and soul-tinged pop. (Her voice "could stop traffic," journalist
Paul Rees once told the BBC.) Her follow-up album, 21, was
released in 2011, debuted at #1 on the U.K. music charts, and stayed
there for 10 straight weeks, selling millions of copies. It was helped
along by the acclaimed heartbreak-of-romance single "Someone Like You,"
which became a big hit after Adele performed it at the BRIT Awards in
February of 2011. Adele had surgery on her vocal cords later that year,
temporarily derailing her rise, but returned to perform "Rolling in the
Deep" at the Grammy Awards in 2012. That night she took home all six
Grammys she was nominated for: album of the year and best pop album
(both for 21), song of the year and record of the year and best
short-form music video (all for "Rolling in the Deep"), and best pop
vocal performance (for "Someone Like You").
"I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a niche yet,
I'm just writing love songs."
"I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I
try.
I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get
nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find
it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver."
" I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not
going to lose weight because someone tells me to.
I make music to be a
musician not to be on the cover of Playboy."
"I like looking nice, but I always put comfort over
fashion.
I don't find thin girls attractive; be happy and healthy. I've
never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather have lunch with my
friends than go to a gym."
" I love hearing my audience breathe."
" I've never been more normal than I am now."
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| Adele |
"In five years' time I'd like to be a mum. I want to
settle down and have a family,
definitely sooner rather than later. I'd
like to have finished my second album too,
maybe even my third.
I'd like
a sound that sticks around that other people are inspired by and that
people know is me."
"It's never been an issue for me - I don't want to go
on a diet,
I don't want to eat a Caesar salad with no dressing, why
would I do that? I ain't got time for this, just be happy and don't be
stupid. If I've got a boyfriend and he loves my body then I'm not
worried."
"Mum loves me being famous! She is so excited and
proud,
as she had me so young and couldn't support me, so I am living
her dream,
it's sweeter for both of us. It's her 40th birthday soon and
I'm going to buy her 40 presents."
"My voice went recently, never happened before, off
like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my
neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner.
Like a
Victorian mute."
"People are starting to go on about my weight but
I'm not going to change my size because they don't like the way I look."
"The focus on my appearance has really surprised me.
I've always been a size 14 to 16,
I don't care about clothes, I'd rather
spend my money on cigarettes and booze."