Sade Adu
Sade Adu
Helen Folasade Adu, OBE, known professionally as Sade Adu or simply Sade, is a Nigerian-born English singer-songwriter, composer, arranger, and record producer. With members Paul S. Denman, Andrew Hale, and Stuart Matthewman, she gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the English band Sade. Following a brief stint as a fashion designer of men's clothing and part-time model, Adu began backup singing for the band Pride. Growing attention from record labels led her, along with other fellow band members,...
NationalityNigerian
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth16 January 1959
CountryNigeria
When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.
Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.
My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.
All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!
I always see myself as much more of a musician than a celebrity.
I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.
I don't get easily bored. I'm not that kind of person.
I don't like looking outrageous.
I have no technical training and am completely uneducated in music.
I look a lot like my father and his mother.
I love writing songs.
I'm not over the top; I'm not wacky. I'm fairly understated, and that reflects in the way I sing.
I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.
I've made sacrifices. I'm not anti-fashion but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing.