When the evening shadows and the stars appear, And there is no one there to dry your tears, I could hold you for a million years To make you feel my love.

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Love Stars Shadow Tears

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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.

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People Weight Starting But

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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.

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Focus Appearance Surprised Me

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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.

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Playboy Face Hair Like

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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.

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Heartbreak Definitely Deeper Sensibility

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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.

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Really Need Stand Room

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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.

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Voice Happened Before Tap

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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.

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Nervous Stage Help But

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Love Hearing My Audience

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

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Normal Never More Been

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

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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.

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Looking Nice But Comfort

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

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

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Quite Loud Bolshie Big

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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.

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Longer Buy Papers Tabloids

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

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Warts All Songs Think

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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.

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Doubt Singing Forever Because

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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.

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Able Wouldn't Write Song

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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.

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Songs Really Direct Interviews

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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.

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Body Rhythm Know Quite

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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.

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Just Want Music People

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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.

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Adopting Ethiopian Child True

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

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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.

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People Confusing That About

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

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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.

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Never Wanted Like Models

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

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Have Insecurity Course Hang

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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.

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Nothing Upset More Dad

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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.

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Constantly Working My Relationship

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

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Love Bit Drama Bad

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Crying is really bad for your vocal cords.

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Crying Really Bad Vocal

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

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You Room Complain About

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I'm nervous whenever I perform.

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Nervous Perform I

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

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Am Never Writing Breakup

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

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I'm Big Personality Walk

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

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Don't Write Songs About

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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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If Were Writer Singer

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I'm Scared Of Audience

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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.

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

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My Life Drama Full

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

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"41 Adele Quotes & Sayings

When the evening shadows and the stars appear, And there is no one there to dry your tears, I could hold you for a million years To make you feel my love.

Adele

Adele

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adele

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

Adele

Adele

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

Adele

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

Adele

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

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

Adele

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adele

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

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

Adele

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

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

Adele

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

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

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

Adele

Crying is really bad for your vocal cords.

Adele

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

Adele

I'm nervous whenever I perform.

Adele

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

Adele

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

Adele

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

Adele

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

Adele

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

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

Adele