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When you have a generic policy that says 'all,' it's the same as having no policy at all. We should be moved to action, but also disciplined so that what we do is good, not just feel-good.


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SAM SMITH I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
SAM SMITH Even now I doubt myself. I don't understand what people hear in my voice. I can't hear it my...
SAM SMITH I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys&...
SAM SMITH Talking about my deepest and darkest secrets to the world makes me feel better. It's cathartic.
SAM SMITH I've made my music so that it could be about anything and everybody - whether it's a guy, a ...
SAM SMITH I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
SAM SMITH It's my job to have ups and downs because it makes good music.
SAM SMITH As a kid, I collected 'Vogue' every month for three years.
SAM SMITH I don't want to think about what I'm doing in 20 years. All I want is I want to be happy, an...
SAM SMITH I used to get very angry as I was getting older, because my voice was breaking. So I've trained ...
SAM SMITH If we're going to go really deep, we're all trying to live forever. My music is my way of do...
SAM SMITH 'Stay With Me,' for me, is my own personal anthem to the 'walk of shame...' that we&...
SAM SMITH I'm a vulnerable, sensitive person. I overthink everything.
SAM SMITH Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-ni...
SAM SMITH It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
SAM SMITH When it comes to age, I just feel like puberty is, like, the most horrible time of anyone's life...
SAM SMITH I don't understand why you have to wear a wedding ring to warn people off. You should be able to...
SAM SMITH I'll be excited when I get my heart broken properly for the first time. I'll be like, 'T...
SAM SMITH When I write sad songs, I feel like I'm sewing up a scar in me, and the outcome always feels so ...
SAM SMITH My cross earrings are a mini statement; I wear them every day! My whole dream is to be iconic, and t...
SAM SMITH I'm a melancholy person. It's how I'm always going to be.
SAM SMITH My plan is just to love harder than I've ever loved before, hide nothing, and embrace that I'...
SAM SMITH Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.
LIZ SMITH My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?
MARGARET SMITH There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doin...
WILL SMITH