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> [Anytime I write something that's trying to be too smart, it doesn't work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/anytime-i-write-something-that-s-trying-to-be-too-smart-it-doesn-t/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

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## More by Emeli Sande

> [I'd be smiling if I wasn't so desperate. I'd be patient if I had the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/i-d-be-smiling-if-i-wasn-t-so-desperate-i-d-be-patient-if-i-had-the/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

> [I always knew I wanted to be a musician, and I always knew I wanted to write, 'cause the people I was listening to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/i-always-knew-i-wanted-to-be-a-musician-and-i-always-knew-i-wanted-to/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

> [I mean, there'll always be room for big productions and everything but it's good to see the other side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/i-mean-there-ll-always-be-room-for-big-productions-and-everything-but/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

> [From when I was a kid I wanted to write. It was so important to me that I was writing my own material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/from-when-i-was-a-kid-i-wanted-to-write-it-was-so-important-to-me/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

> [I was so shy and so quiet, and the only time I had my own voice and I could really connect with people was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/i-was-so-shy-and-so-quiet-and-the-only-time-i-had-my-own-voice-and-i/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

> [I couldn't help but feel very different from everybody, so I think that's why I found such a big world in music, and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/i-couldn-t-help-but-feel-very-different-from-everybody-so-i-think/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

> [I think on the first album, my aim was to write a good song and have a good melody, and I wanted lyrics that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/i-think-on-the-first-album-my-aim-was-to-write-a-good-song-and-have-a/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

> [Clown' was written when I couldn't find anyone who believed in me as an artist. Maybe those labels will think twice next time a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/clown-was-written-when-i-couldn-t-find-anyone-who-believed-in-me-as/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

> [I don't know if I was as ambitious as to change the world, but I do feel like - the reason why I called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/i-don-t-know-if-i-was-as-ambitious-as-to-change-the-world-but-i-do/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

> [Any song I have to work on longer than a day, I just leave it. It's not gonna work. Everything that's good is really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/any-song-i-have-to-work-on-longer-than-a-day-i-just-leave-it-it-s-not/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

> [“you've got the words to change a nation but your biting your tongue, you've spent a lifetime in silence afraid that you'll say something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/you-ve-got-the-words-to-change-a-nation-but-your-biting-your-tongue/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

> [I want to speak for people that may not feel like they're being spoken for at the moment. And I want to make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/i-want-to-speak-for-people-that-may-not-feel-like-they-re-being/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/just-thinking-of-all-the-things-i-d-done-getting-there-and-everything/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

> [I feel like 'Next To Me' is a great introduction because it's a simple song that has a simple message for me. I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/i-feel-like-next-to-me-is-a-great-introduction-because-it-s-a-simple/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/i-m-not-too-bothered-about-what-category-my-music-goes-in-and-there-s/)

[Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/)

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