My earliest memory of hearing Stronger than Pride places me back
to the narrow halls of high school. Being fly was hot, girls were everything,
and song like this were the reason you stayed with your girlfriend.

Like Picasso's Guernica, Leonardo's Mona Lisa, Sade's Stronger than Pride
is a revolutionary work of art. How powerful is it in all of music, to start
a song with the words, I won't pretend, that I intend to stop living. There
is no build up, no boy meets girl, no eyes locking, just the cold reality of
a past that is only implied and never mentioned. It's genius - to challenge
the listener to pick up, to make it the listeners work to understand what is
taking place. But the listeners work is made easy when you hear the line,
But I can't hate you, though I have tried.

It's a statement that is all to familiar with hearts not minds. I can't hate
you. I can't turn away from you. I can't fight you. Love is stronger than
pride. The song is a conversation with the world listening. The pulsating
percussions and the defining beat of the drum add to the raw earthy emotion
of a lover's heart in turmoil.

Everything about this song is art.

Everything about this art is this song.

This collection is a reflection of stronger than pride. It is a portrait not
just of Sade, but of everyone who has every experienced the reality of
this song. I'ved always liked this song, but it wasn't until I listened
that I was able to see the vision of Stronger than Pride. Thank you
Sade and your team, for making art with a song. This is my portrait
of you.