Only the educated are free.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
I can, therefore I am.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Who seeks shall find.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Never complain and never explain.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Adele Adkins' retro-soul debut, '19', was striking less for her songs than for that voice: a voluptuous, slightly parched alto that swooped and fluttered like a Dusty Springfield student trying to upstage her teacher, or at least update the rules.