There are times when I want to be plainspoken about my feelings in a song. But there are other times when it's… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I've gotten to a place where I still love to play and sing, but I don't have any ego agenda left, outside… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
The process of making music is more interesting to me than the end result. If I was a cook, I'd be more… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I think that music, or at least the kind of music that I make, benefits greatly from improvisation. — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
It's hard to view myself sometimes as even in the same league as other musicians, mainly because there's so much music before… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
That's why I played music; my social skills were limited. I think a lot of people that experience that pick up guitars,… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
This is going to sound crazy, but I can hear music in my head. I can imagine a piano or a guitar… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
In the three years that nobody heard music from me, I made more music than I've ever made. — 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
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
