--- title: "3 Stuart Adamson Quotes - Famous Singer-songwriter" description: "Scottish guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter (1958–2001)... | William Stuart Adamson was a Scottish rock guitarist and singer. Adamson began his career ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/stuart-adamson-75799_breathe_im-not-expecting-to-grow-flowers-in-the_495508.jpg" --- # Stuart Adamson (1958–2001) Singer-songwriter **3** quotes in **22** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Stuart Adamson was a singer-songwriter. ## Quick Facts About Stuart Adamson Born April 11, 1958 Died December 16, 2001 Profession Singer-songwriter ## About Stuart Adamson Scottish guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter (1958–2001)... \| William Stuart Adamson was a Scottish rock guitarist and singer. Adamson began his career in the late 1970s as a founder and performer with the punk rock band Skids. After leaving Skids in 1981, he formed Big Country and was the band's lead singer and guitarist. The group's commercial heyday was in ## Quotes by Stuart Adamson > [Im not expecting to grow flowers in the desert, but I can live, and breathe, and see the sun in wintertime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-adamson/im-not-expecting-to-grow-flowers-in-the-desert-but-i-can-live-and/) Stuart Adamson [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/stuart-adamson-75799_breathe_im-not-expecting-to-grow-flowers-in-the_495508.jpg) > [I don't feel any kind of a responsibility (other than to myself) to write "weighty" lyrics. In fact I sometimes wish I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-adamson/i-don-t-feel-any-kind-of-a-responsibility-other-than-to-myself-to/) Stuart Adamson [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2eb/stuart-adamson-75799_direct_i-don-t-feel-any-kind-of-a-responsibilit_943138.jpg) > [Sometimes the humanrace is given absolutely marvellous gifts, and we take those gifts and squanderthem just because we are human beings. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-adamson/sometimes-the-humanrace-is-given-absolutely-marvellous-gifts-and-we/) Stuart Adamson [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4b/stuart-adamson-75799_given_sometimes-the-humanrace-is-given-absolut_1609888.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-adamson/#itemlist", "name": "Stuart Adamson Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Im not expecting to grow flowers in the desert, but I can live, and breathe, and see the sun in wintertime", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stuart Adamson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-adamson/im-not-expecting-to-grow-flowers-in-the-desert-but-i-can-live-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/stuart-adamson-75799_breathe_im-not-expecting-to-grow-flowers-in-the_495508.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/stuart-adamson-75799_breathe_im-not-expecting-to-grow-flowers-in-the_495508.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/stuart-adamson-75799_breathe_im-not-expecting-to-grow-flowers-in-the_495508.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Im not expecting to grow flowers in the desert, but I can live, and breathe, and see the sun in wintertime” — Stuart Adamson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't feel any kind of a responsibility (other than to myself) to write \"weighty\" lyrics. 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