Quotes from Bryan Adams

A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.

If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.

I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.

I'm amazed every time I come back to Vancouver at how much it's changed. You go away for a month and there's three more skyscrapers.

I like the idea of helping people help people.

I've always wanted to push myself and move with the tide. That's just how I am and it's worked for me.

I got reckless baby, put you in your place. Next time, maybe rearrange your face.

I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music.

I've never been enamoured by the idea of being a celebrity.

Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.

I'd been round the world a hundred times and had started to forget where I'd been. I knew I'd been there: it said it on the tour map. I could remember the name of the city but I couldn't remember what it was like - it was a massive blur.

I don't like long tours. I find it much easier to go out for a short spurt every month.

When you can see your unborn children in her arms, you know you really love a woman.

She says that her love for me would never die, but that would change if she found out about you and I.

When your world has shattered, ain't nothing else matters. It ain't over, it's only love and that's all.

With few words, one can speak the truth.

I moonlight as a singer.

If you love animals, don't eat them.

Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs.

I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, where I was obviously the singer, but where it wasn't me, it wasn't my name.

I've only ever trusted my gut on everything. I don't trust my head, I don't trust my heart, I trust my gut.

Focus on your music and not technology.

There's not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team.

I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched.