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.… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
The good thing about playing the guitar: You can take on different kinds of music. I'm always doing something different from the… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Being a rock musician is already like ego-tripping hardcore. You're self-consumed, and you're always thinking. It's really easy to say, "I'm going… — 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
To conceive music, to execute it in front of others, to make it so others can do it...it can be pretty humbling,… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Music is my thing. It's my thing; it's what I love. It's what I do. It's football to me; it's Christmas to… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
There's all these musicians in the world, and anybody that takes enough time to create a record or even think about the… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Rock records. It's the main source of inspiration for people - fans, or musicians, or both - to act out in ways… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
My intentions have been, and are always, to just really get behind what my ideas are musically and to just ride this… — Ryan Adams 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 Copy Share Image
My entire life, I wake up, and at some point in the afternoon, I head toward some kind of musical recording device.… — Ryan Adams 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
Collaboration has become really integral to my process. I play music so that I can spend time with my friends and communicate… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I got on the phone with the president of my label and I said, "Obviously, I write songs in a lot of… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
You can imagine several scenes from Star Wars? The way they looked? For me, that's how music is. Sometimes I'll be developing… — Ryan Adams 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
Not to discount my music, but I'm always suspicious of the music that I make on some level, as to how valid… — Ryan Adams 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
Part of the joy of music is listening to lots of different kinds of music and learning from it. Specifically for me,… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
For me, what I learned is that I went for a long time without making music when I was married, and I… — 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
