Quotes By Bryan Adams

I watch everybody every night, from sitting down to being on their feet at the end, and I feel a sense of reinvention, of caring, presenting these songs in their purest form.

I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.

I never had a long-term plan.

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.

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 think all my videos suck.

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 need to be able to rock out.

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

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

I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected.

Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life.

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.

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

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.

To be a celebrity, I couldn't think of anything more cringe-worthy.

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.

One day I'll wake up and I'll have 10 or 12 songs and think, 'Oh that sounds like it could be a record.'

I moonlight as a singer.

I like the idea of helping people help people.

I do 100 shows a year, but I do it in fits and starts, as opposed to going on a long run.

Music is just such... it's not therapy, but it's a release, it's a joy, it's a pleasure. And it's a job - which is weird, because I don't think of it as a job.

I'm a complete and utter busker.

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 think a lot of people want to be remembered the way they were, as opposed to the way they are now.

Focus on your music and not technology.

There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now.

My father's a character.

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.

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