Being a human being is lost. For 120 shows, the one that goes bad is the one that people will talk about.
Ryan AdamsThe 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.
Ryan AdamsI like the idea that within the structure of the song, some kind of built-in improvisation keeps them fragile and in their moment, so that I'm not projecting so much, so that my perception of the song doesn't interfere with what its real body is. Sometimes it's like telling a story that I heard in passing, and I don't want it to become completely mine.
Ryan AdamsIt 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.
Ryan Adams