My worst fear is my music won't connect with the public.

- 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

Sometimes my songs wander off a bit and are not always coherent.

- Adele

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.'

- 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 am quite loud and bolshie.

- Adele

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

- Adele

I can't dance to save my life.

- Adele

I think it's shameful when you sell out. It depends what kind of artist you wanna be, but I don't want my name anywhere near another brand.

- Adele

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

- Adele

I've always written down how I feel.

- Adele

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

- Adele

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

- Adele

People think that I popped out of my mother's womb singing 'Chasing Pavements'.

- Adele

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.

- 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 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.

- 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

I no longer buy papers or tabloids or magazines or read blogs. I used to.

- Adele

I love hearing my audience breathe.

- Adele