Ryan Adams Quotes
Part of the joy of music is listening to lots of different kinds of music and learning from it. Specifically for me, I like writing songs that move me, and what moves me are beautiful songs on the piano or the guitar and really, really heavy music.
Quotes to Explore
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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The thing that can get kind of annoying is, when you travel so much, how hectic it gets. I was being interviewed once - it was a phone interview - and they said, 'Where are you right now?' and I didn't know where I was.
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Hong Kong girls have a genius sense of style. I came back to the States thinking no one here has any individuality. Or cute enough socks.
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My expectations are not in any future event. I would rather just be prepared for whatever might take place.
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The interpretation of dreams is a great art.
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Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.
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The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly.
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It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball.
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We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
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Endangered species are our friends.
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Let's just start with the word 'diva.' It is obviously a sexist slight - a term that is only applied to women, almost always in a derogatory way. It's usually applied to women who are viewed as overly ambitious. It is applied to demanding women, to women who follow their own path.
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The poet must write as the interpreter of nature and the legislator of mankind, and consider himself as presiding over the thoughts and manners of future generations, as a being superior to time and place.
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So we got fifty percent. Babe Ruth didn't do no better. - Did you mean hittin' it... or throwin' it?
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You reach out your hand, but you're all alone, in those time passages.
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People saw me as being heroic, but I was no more heroic than I was with other injuries I had, like the lacerated kidney I suffered during the 1990 World Series. It's just that people haven't known anyone with a lacerated kidney, but everyone can relate to someone with cancer.
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When police are shutting down cameras, it is a sign that they know the truth is not going to be kind to them.
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'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into a man, and I was so fascinated by the values. I believe in it.
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The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response of the left.
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I'm not worried about misconception or a perception that's bad. If I were, I'd be chasing something all the time.
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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
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I knew what book we had to write, it was clear in my head; it was journals and poetry. So I passed on their offer. I told my agent this is our vision, and no one's done it this way.
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I can have incredible self-discipline. But see, I think it's obviously a form of stupidity.
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The views of the Earth are really beautiful. If you've ever seen a space IMAX movie, that's really what it looks like. I wish I'd had more time just to sit and look out the window with a map, but our science program kept us very busy in the lab most of the time.
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Part of the joy of music is listening to lots of different kinds of music and learning from it. Specifically for me, I like writing songs that move me, and what moves me are beautiful songs on the piano or the guitar and really, really heavy music.
