#or

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#girl #go #hair #i #me

You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#forget #like #others #remember #slept

Anytime I write something that's trying to be too smart, it doesn't work. ↗

— Emeli Sande

#i #i write #smart #something #too

Because they're my stories, they're my version of events of the past three years.But I really hope people can hear their own stories within the songs and they can become our version of events. ↗

— Emeli Sande

#become #events #hear #hope #i

I always wanted to be a musician from when I was kid. It was always a massive dream of mine. School was also really really important to me and having an education was top of my priority. So I really wanted to have a degree before I tried anything in the music industry. ↗

— Emeli Sande

#always #anything #before #degree #dream

I was finding it very difficult to find a label that understood what I wanted to do and really believed that people wanted to hear something honest and a little bit different. So, I did feel a bit like a clown. You're knocking on everyone's door trying to get them to believe what you're doing. ↗

— Emeli Sande

#believed #bit #clown #did #different

I'm not too bothered about what category my music goes in and there's no point in limiting in who you can reach, but I want it to be respected. ↗

— Emeli Sande

#bothered #category #goes #i #limiting

Just thinking of all the things I'd done getting there and everything I've sacrificed to do so. But what's happening now makes it worth it. ↗

— Emeli Sande

#everything #getting #happening #i #just

We started very slow in America. It was small acoustic shows. We played places like Los Angeles, New York and Chicago and everywhere there has been a great reaction. It has been really lovely. They listen to the lyrics and the melody over there and the reaction has been fantastic. ↗

— Emeli Sande

#america #angeles #been #chicago #everywhere

I feel that things happen for a reason and open up new opportunities. ↗

— Jil Sander

#happen #i #i feel #new #open