Adele Quotes

Adele is an English singer and songwriter. She has achieved worldwide success with her powerful and emotive vocal performances, as well as her introspective and heartfelt songwriting. Adele's soulful voice and her ability to connect with audiences through her music have made her one of the most successful artists of her generation.

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.

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.

Even if I did have, you know, a 'Sports Illustrate... -Adele

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

I can't dance to save my life.... -Adele

I can't dance to save my life.

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.

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

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

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This quote emphasizes that music is primarily an auditory experience, meant to be listened to and appreciated with the ears, rather than visually observed.

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.

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 don't like going to the gym.... -Adele

I don't like going to the gym.

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.

I love a bit of drama. That's a bad thing. I can f... -Adele

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

I love hearing my audience breathe.... -Adele

I love hearing my audience breathe.

I am quite loud and bolshie. I'm a big personality... -Adele

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

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.

I'm nervous whenever I perform.... -Adele

I'm nervous whenever I perform.

I don't date celebrities.... -Adele

I don't date celebrities.

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.

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.

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.'

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.

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 don't rely on my figure to sell records.... -Adele

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

There will be no new music until it's good enough ... -Adele

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

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 love love songs. But I love pop music as well: G... -Adele

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

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.'

I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang ou... -Adele

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

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.

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.

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.

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