Fame is an unnatural construct and those who go in search of it are the least likely to find it. — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
People call me and they want talk, they need to get something off their mind, I got all the time in the… — Ryan Adams Mind Copy Share Image
I like to read comics, and I'll listen to records, and I like to play pinball. — Ryan Adams Comics Copy Share Image
“They carved your name into the stone and then they put it in the ground, I run my fingers through the grooves… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I'm a pretty bad troubadour. I'm more of a music fan who got away with making records. — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I don't know any jazz stuff. I don't know how to jam in that way. So jamming, for me, is writing a… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I have found in black metal the lyrics are profoundly beautiful... a pathos and mythos at the same time. — Ryan Adams Beautiful Copy Share Image
Being a human being is lost. For 120 shows, the one that goes bad is the one that people will talk about. — Ryan Adams Human beings Copy Share Image
On Heartbreaker, I had to sing those songs. I drank the way I did those songs. I ate the way I did… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I remember, on my Converse sneakers, on one side, I had written 'Social Distortion,' and on… — Ryan Adams High school Copy Share Image
I can sing the saddest song with a bunch of people, and the feeling of sharing that energy activates in a way… — Ryan Adams Energy Copy Share Image
For me, the best thing you can do as a man in loving someone is to do your best, go on that… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I think it would be wrong to consider 'Ashes and Fire' a love album. The record is obsessed with time. I believe… — Ryan Adams Album Copy Share Image
Ultimately, however bad a situation is for people, especially if it's a condition of love or some internal dialogue, I think most… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
If I had a reed made of lightening I could blow the sax all night... I don't know where one would acquire… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
To make a song is a gift, and once it's done it keeps evolving and changing and becomes a tool to interact… — Ryan Adams Communication Copy Share Image
I'm not the cool thing, and I'm not going to be the cool thing for a really long time, and it isn't… — Ryan Adams Big companies Copy Share Image
I do craft songs, that this is designed. It's almost like the song was written to produce this desired effect. And it… — Ryan Adams Crafts Copy Share Image
Caitlin Cary and I were always talking about X when we talked about whiskeytown, before it became an actual band. We like… — Ryan Adams Ability Copy Share Image
I'm definitely in the market for being uncool. There was some funny stuff, like the thing about making sure I show people… — Ryan Adams Badass Copy Share Image
I like the idea that within the structure of the song, some kind of built-in improvisation keeps them fragile and in their… — Ryan Adams Body Copy Share Image
When I started, the music I would be drawn to would be heavy metal and new wave like Black Sabbath - things… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Collaboration has become really integral to my process. I play music so that I can spend time with my friends and communicate… — Ryan Adams Collaboration Copy Share Image
I was a nervous young man. I wanted to do so many things. And I was so enthusiastic and earnestly in love… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
