173 Quotes by Ryan Adams

I want to make sure I’m with a girl that’s a good kisser, and that when I wake up, I have coffee and a cigarette. That’s all I really want out of life. That, and world domination.

I always have to remember that I am the narrator, but it doesn’t have to be about me. A lot of songwriting is about trying to use what part of me is valid in telling the story. I don’t want to overcook it, you know? Sometimes it seems that’s really where the work is.

The process of making music is more interesting to me than the end result. If I was a cook, I’d be more interested in cooking food than eating food.

Some things were made to be felt.

That’s why I played music; my social skills were limited. I think a lot of people that experience that pick up guitars, because they can’t communicate otherwise.

I’m never argumentative for the sake of being argumentative, I don’t think. And more than ever, I’ve had to be willing to fight just to get records released, or just to be able to walk away with a little bit of self-respect and pride.

Forever only takes its toll on some.

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 and write down what I think is coming to me. And I’ll play it once. Whether it’s being recorded or not, I can then usually remember it for a sometimes shocking amount of time.

The good thing about playing the guitar: You can take on different kinds of music. I’m always doing something different from the last thing I did because I have the shortest attention span on earth.