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
It's like—I don't know, sometimes it's like chasing a pretty girl on the beach. And things I never thought I could do…I… — 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
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 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
Sometimes an idea from six years ago will come to me out of the blue. And maybe I haven't even seen the… — Ryan Adams 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 Copy Share Image
Sometimes a break-up song is perceived as that because that's what the person who's hearing it needs. — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Maybe I am a jerk sometimes. Maybe I'm not. I think most people are kind of a jerk once in a while. — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I always have to remember that I am the narrator, but it doesn't have to be about me. A lot of songwriting… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
It sounds like I'm channeling or something, and I don't really fully understand what it is. I'll get a piece of paper… — 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
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
