173 Quotes by Ryan Adams

I'm a goofball. I'm always changing my mind.

If you don't have an outlet, you become a criminal - or misanthropic.

I was an earnest young man who just wanted to make music.

When you make a heavy record, there should be a point where you say you don't want to share it, but then maybe you come around.

In the three years that nobody heard music from me, I made more music than I've ever made.

I cannot say that I know a lot about scales, but I can write songs.

I'm hyper-focused on loss. But I know it's just the impermanence of being here.

I don't know any jazz stuff. I don't know how to jam in that way. So jamming, for me, is writing a tune.

I'm like an '80s kid. I was born in the mid-'70s. By the time the '80s kicked in, I'm listening to Dead Kennedys, but I'm also listening to Simple Minds.