![]() ![]() Just after leaving medical school, she made the decision to get the tattoo, which, for her, represented strength and bravery. One important influence was Frida Kahlo, so important that she has a tattoo of the artist's portrait on her forearm. There have been many who have inspired Sandé throughout her life. He also knows my parents are keen that I finish university". Her manager Adrian Sykes, she said, had waited patiently from when she was 16: "Adrian really respects that I want to get an education behind me. She has stated that education was important to her, because, if her music career failed, she would have something to fall back on. She studied medicine, in the five-year MBChB course at the University of Glasgow, but left after obtaining a degree in clinical medicine, specialising in neuroscience. However, understanding the opportunity that university could also offer her, she turned down the deal. By the time she reached the age of 16, she had a record deal with Telstar within reach. It was the first London appearance of her career. Richard Blackwood also had her down to MTV's Camden studios to sing gospel. And Dad was strict, let me tell you." Choice FM invited the 15-year-old Sandé to London to take part in their "Rapology" competition. No way could I muck about or get into trouble, because it would've got back to him within minutes. ![]() Inevitably, throughout secondary school, it was part and parcel of my identity that I was Mr. I was very shy, nerdy and extremely well-behaved. She said, "I hated to be ill and to miss a day because I was so hungry to learn. ![]() Sandé attended school at Alford Academy, where her father was a teacher. I never thought it was an option to sing anyone else's songs.” The first song she wrote was called "Tomorrow Starts Again" – the song had proper structure and even a middle eight. I always knew I wanted to be a musician and I knew I wanted to write because the people I was listening to all wrote. She remembers that that, “was the first time I thought I might be a songwriter. Sandé wrote her first song at the age of 11, for her primary-school talent show. ![]() The family moved to Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, when she was four. Her father, having moved from Zambia, met her mother while they were both at the polytechnic in Sunderland.
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