Caitlin Cary and I were always talking about X when we talked about whiskeytown, before it became an actual band. We like the concept of there being no real front person in X, yet this kind of switch up of… — Ryan Adams 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 people would… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I am aware of the depths of heartache I'm experiencing but also how foolish it is to think that the things we have are… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Most of my songs are pretty sketchy. There's not a lot of bass sections. I don't write big bridges. Sometimes I'll try. But it's… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
A lot of my songs, they're like puzzle pieces, and there's just one way to put them together. You could, if you needed to,… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Sometimes an idea from six years ago will come to me out of the blue. And maybe I haven't even seen the lyrics I… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
The weirdest thing I've been fascinated with nowadays is the new contemporary country music, which to me sounds like very strange '70s pop, and… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Writing and creating, those things come to me on their own. I feel like... you sort of summon them and it's like allowing the… — 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 with other… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I like to read comics, and I'll listen to records, and I like to play pinball. — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I could fall asleep at 10:30 watching 'Hill Street Blues.' I might wake up at 1 A.M. and have a riff in my head. — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
A lot of the songs I write are like songs that I've never been able to find on any record, but that I've always… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
When I'm in New York, I just want to walk down the street and feel this thing like I'm in a movie. — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
