Adele quotes

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

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

— Adele

 quotes - I love hearing my audience breathe.

“I love hearing my audience breathe.”

— Adele

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

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

— Adele

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

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

— 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

“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

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

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

— Adele

“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

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

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

— 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

“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

“Crying is really bad for your vocal cords.”

— 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 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

“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

“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

“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

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

— Adele

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

— Adele

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

— Adele

“I'm nervous whenever I perform.”

— 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

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

— 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

“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 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