Adele Quotes

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.

- Adele

Voice, Nine, Before, Tap

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

Give, Heartbreak, Drew, Album

I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me.

- Adele

Insecurities, Hang, Anyone, Points

I am never writing a breakup record again, by the way. I'm done with being a bitter witch.

- Adele

Again, Being, Am, Witch

Crying is really bad for your vocal cords.

- Adele

Bad, Vocal, Cords, Crying

I love love songs. But I love pop music as well: Girls Aloud, Kylie, the Spice Girls, East 17, Mika.

- Adele

Love, Spice, Pop, Spice Girls

If I am constantly working, my relationships fail. So at least now I can have enough time to write a happy record. And be in love and be happy. And then I don't know what I'll do. Get married. Have some kids. Plant a nice vegetable patch.

- Adele

Love, Happy, Some, Enough Time

I'm like Johnny Cash. I only wear black.

- Adele

Only, Like, Johnny Cash, Johnny

I'd love to be an artist always, but if no one wants me, I'd love to write songs for other people, be a manager, nurture new talent.

- Adele

Love, New, Always, Nurture

I was adopting an Ethiopian child, that's not true. My house was haunted, that wasn't true. God, there's been so many rumours.

- Adele

House, Been, Many, Haunted

I can't believe I did a peace sign on TV - like Ringo Starr!

- Adele

Peace, Like, TV, Ringo

Sometimes my songs wander off a bit and are not always coherent.

- Adele

Always, Songs, Coherent, Wander

You can't complain about your dressing room or you'll look like Celine Dion.

- Adele

Dressing, Like, About, Dressing Room

People think that I popped out of my mother's womb singing 'Chasing Pavements'.

- Adele

Mother, Singing, Think, Womb

I love a card. You know, cards? At birthdays? I collect them.

- Adele

Love, Birthday, I Love, Birthdays

I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it.

- Adele

Voice, Through, Here, Sore

You have to prioritize what you stress about when you have a child.

- Adele

Stress, You, About, Prioritize

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.

- Adele

Always, Been, Rather, Cigarettes

Sometimes with pop music, you have to see it to love it. With soul music, it's sparse. There's nothing that's pretentious or planned. It's just so gutsy.

- Adele

Love, Soul, Sometimes, Pretentious

I can't write another breakup record. That would be a real cliche.

- Adele

Another, Cliche, Would, Breakup

I find it quite difficult to think that there's, you know, about 20 million people listening to my album that I wrote very selfishly to get over a breakup. I didn't write it being that it's going to be a hit.

- Adele

Hit, Very, About, Breakup

I'm scared of audiences. One show in Amsterdam I was so nervous, I escaped out the fire exit. I've thrown up a couple of times. Once in Brussels, I projectile vomited on someone. I just gotta bear it. But I don't like touring. I have anxiety attacks a lot.

- Adele

Out, Show, Couple, Scared

I'm scared of audiences.

- Adele

Audiences, Scared

My life is full of drama, and I don't have time to worry about something as petty as what I look like.

- Adele

Worry, My Life, Like, Petty

In the songs I can still be really really direct but in interviews when I'm explaining my songs I shouldn't be so direct about who they're about.

- Adele

Still, About, Direct, Explaining

I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me.

- Adele

Big, Audience, Festivals, Frighten

I think it's shameful when you sell out. It depends what kind of artist you wanna be, but I don't want my name anywhere near another brand.

- Adele

Think, Depends, I Think, Shameful

I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.

- Adele

Proud, Very, Models, Represent

I'm really happy to be me, and I'd like to think people like me more because I'm happy with myself and not because I refuse to conform to anything.

- Adele

Think, More, Like, Conform

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.

- Adele

Stupid, Diet, Been, Worried

I love a bit of drama. That's a bad thing. I can flip really quickly.

- Adele

Love, Bad, Quickly, Flip

There will be no new music until it's good enough and until I'm ready.

- Adele

Music, New, Will, New Music

The thought of someone spending $20 to come and see me and saying, 'Oh, I prefer the record and she's completely shattered the illusion' really upsets me. It's such a big deal that people come give me their time.

- Adele

Big, Deal, Shattered, Upsets

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.

- Adele

Happy, Lunch, Rather, Thin

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.

- Adele

Other, Rather, Mum, Sticks

I love hearing my audience breathe.

- Adele

Love, Audience, I Love, Breathe

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.

- Adele

Change, Like, Going, Starting

I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do was sing. I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be in people's faces, you know, constantly on covers of magazine that I haven't even known I'm on.

- Adele

Famous, Celebrity, About, Faces

I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be in people's faces, you know, constantly on covers of magazine that I haven't even known I'm on.

- Adele

Celebrity, Want, Constantly, Faces

I'm a big personality. I walk into a room, big and tall and loud.

- Adele

Personality, Big, Loud, Tall

I am quite loud and bolshie. I'm a big personality. I walk into a room, big and tall and loud.

- Adele

Big, Loud, Am, Tall

Americans are always mortified when I tell them this, but in England, it's a tradition to put your plaques and photographs and awards and gold records and stuff in your bathroom. I don't know why.

- Adele

England, Always, Records, Bathroom

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.

- Adele

Behind, Deliver, Telling, Sending

I've got some news... I'm delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together. I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we're over the moon.

- Adele

Some, Got, Direct, Announce

I was about to meet Beyonce, and I had a full-blown anxiety attack. Then she popped in looking gorgeous, and said, 'You're amazing! When I listen to you I feel like I'm listening to God.'

- Adele

Feel, About, Had, Beyonce

I don't want people confusing what it is that I'm about. I just stand there and sing. And I don't do stunts or anything. if I wanted to do all that, I don't think I'd get away with it.

- Adele

Think, Want, Away, Confusing

I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others.

- Adele

Want, Been, Mum, Insecure

There is nothing that would upset me more than my dad being bribed by the press. It's like, 'Just let them run it, then. Don't you give them ammunition.'

- Adele

Give, Upset, Ammunition, Press

I've always written down how I feel.

- Adele

Feel, How, Always, Written Down

Even if I did have, you know, a 'Sports Illustrated' body, I'd still wear elegant clothes.

- Adele

Sports, Wear, Still, Illustrated

I'm very confident. Even when I read people saying horrible stuff about my weight.

- Adele

Confident, Very, Read, Saying

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.

- Adele

Diet, Like, Having, Musician

The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why they always end up being so personal - because the kind of artists I like, they convince me, they totally win me over straight away in that thing. Like, 'Oh my God, this song is totally about me.'

- Adele

Away, I Write, About, Oh My God

I can't dance to save my life.

- Adele

Life, My Life, Save, Dance

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.

- Adele

Love, Need, Everyone, Niche

It has gotten worse as I'm becoming more successful. My nerves. Just because there's a bit more pressure, and people are expecting a lot more from me.

- Adele

Expecting, Becoming, Gotten, Nerves

I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing.

- Adele

Songs, About, Specific, Elusive

I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.

- Adele

Love, Broken, I Write, Elusive

I want to go and see things as a fan again. I am a fan, but I can't remember what it feels like to be a fan anymore. Because I've become an artist. I've become the artist.

- Adele

Artist, Like, Feels, Anymore

I no longer buy papers or tabloids or magazines or read blogs. I used to. But it was just filling up my day with hatred.

- Adele

Read, Tabloids, Blogs, Filling

My worst fear is my music won't connect with the public.

- Adele

Music, Worst, Public, Connect

I wanted to be a singer forever. But it's not really my cup of tea. Having the whole world know who you are.

- Adele

Singer, Having, Whole, Cup

I doubt I'll be singing forever, because at some point people aren't going to want to hear my music, and I hope that I'll still get the opportunity to write songs.

- Adele

Singing, Some, Still, I Hope That

I don't like going to the gym.

- Adele

Like, Going, Gym

I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears.

- Adele

Music, Eyes, Make, Ears

I no longer buy papers or tabloids or magazines or read blogs. I used to.

- Adele

Longer, Read, Tabloids, Magazines

If I were a writer and not a singer in 10 years, I don't know how I'd feel about writing really personal songs and getting someone else to sing them.

- Adele

Singer, Feel, About, Songs

It's warts and all in my songs, and I think that's why people can relate to them.

- Adele

Think, Why, I Think, Songs

I don't want to be in everyone's face. I'm a big music fan, and I get really pissed off when it gets like that... and I don't want people to get like that with me.

- Adele

Big, Everyone, Like, Fan

I wouldn't be able to write a song like 'Someone Like You' and get someone else to sing it because it's so personal. It's like giving away your heart.

- Adele

Song, Away, Like, Sing

I don't rely on my figure to sell records.

- Adele

Records, Sell, Figure, Rely

I'm nervous whenever I perform.

- Adele

Nervous, Perform, Whenever

My body doesn't have any rhythm, you know. I've got quite good rhythm when I'm singing but my feet are very much two left feet.

- Adele

Feet, Singing, Very, Rhythm

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.

- Adele

Birthday, Famous, Mum, Sweeter

I don't date celebrities.

- Adele

Date, Celebrities

I've never been more normal than I am now.

- Adele

I Am, Never, Been, Normal

I am quite loud and bolshie.

- Adele

I Am, Quite, Am, Loud

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