Adele

Birthday: 5 May 1988, Tottenham, London, England, UK

Birth Name: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins

Height: 175 cm

Adele was born on May 5, 1988 in Tottenham, London, England as Adele Laurie Blue Adkins. She is married to Simon Konecki. They have one child.

I don't like the word 'brand'. It makes me sound like a fabric softener or a packet of crisps. I'm n...Show more »

I don't like the word 'brand'. It makes me sound like a fabric softener or a packet of crisps. I'm not that. But there's personality in an artist and if you're expecting people to let you in, you have to be a whole package. Show less «

[on singing her songs of heartbreak] Imagine if you weren't in an office job or whatever, and you we...Show more »

[on singing her songs of heartbreak] Imagine if you weren't in an office job or whatever, and you were performing your feelings as I do. It's kind of like not getting over something isn't it, because every night you have to talk about it. Show less «

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

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

Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartb...Show more »

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. Show less «

[2008; on Estelle's comments that the new female soul singers, and Adele and Duffy in particular, ar...Show more »

[2008; on Estelle's comments that the new female soul singers, and Adele and Duffy in particular, are 'not soul'] I really don't care. If Lauryn Hill had said that about me, I'd be very bovvered. Show less «

You're only as good as your next record.

Crying is really bad for your vocal cords.

The bigger your career gets, the smaller your life gets.

[on Phil Collins] I met up with him and he was so nice. He's such a genius. But I met up with him in...Show more »

[on Phil Collins] I met up with him and he was so nice. He's such a genius. But I met up with him in London super-early, like well before I was starting the record. And I had this song in mind and I can't remember if I gave him a copy of the song or if I gave him a chorus or something, and then I just chickened out of everything. I went, 'Oh, I'm not ready.' And he called me a slippery fish! I think he interpreted it that I decided I didn't want to work with him, but actually I decided I didn't want to write a record, period, at that point. But yeah, there's no bad blood there, or certainly not on my half. Show less «

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

I'm learning about tax at the moment with my accountant - pffffff! I use the NHS, I can't use public...Show more »

I'm learning about tax at the moment with my accountant - pffffff! I use the NHS, I can't use public transport any more, doing what I do, I went to state school, I'm mortified to have to pay 50 per cent! Trains are always late, most state schools are shit and I've gotta give you like four million quid, are you 'avin a laugh? When I got my tax bill in from 19 I was ready to go 'n' buy a gun and randomly open fire. Show less «

I love food and hate exercise. I don't have time to work out. I don't want to be on the cover of Pla...Show more »

I love food and hate exercise. I don't have time to work out. I don't want to be on the cover of Playboy or Vogue. I want to be on the cover of Rolling Stone or Q. I'm not a trend-setter. I'm a singer. I'd rather weigh a ton and make an amazing album than look like Nicole Richie and do a shit album. My aim in life is never to be skinny. Show less «

[on David Bowie's greatest producer, Tony Visconti] Some dickhead tried to say that my voice was not...Show more »

[on David Bowie's greatest producer, Tony Visconti] Some dickhead tried to say that my voice was not me on record. Suck my dick. Show less «

When it comes to staying myself - my career isn't my life, it doesn't come home with me. So it's a p...Show more »

When it comes to staying myself - my career isn't my life, it doesn't come home with me. So it's a piece of piss staying grounded and not being changed by it. The same things I've always liked still satisfy me. My team's the same and my group of friends are the same. Of course I'm bowled over by people's response to "21," and when I meet artists I love, it blows my mind. But it baffles me as well. I go home and my best friend laughs at me, rather than going to a celebrity-studded party to rub shoulders with people who know me but who I don't know. I'm Z-list when it comes to that shit. Show less «