Quotes from Ryan Adams

For me, what I learned is that I went for a long time without making music when I was married, and I think some of that was because - it was a little bit unfortunate - but it didn't make sense in the confines of my marriage for me to be the musician and the writer, which requires a lot of focus and attention.

Fame is an unnatural construct and those who go in search of it are the least likely to find it.

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

There definitely isn't a structure anymore to how I get ideas. A lot of times I'll just write down a phrase, or I'll have an idea that's attached to just a few chords. Other times, it's work.

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

Can you still have any famous last words if you're somebody nobody knows?

It would be really nice to make a record that would be super-fun to play live - a record that would be funny, with a little bit of heart.