Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter. Raised by his mother and grandmother, Adams dropped out of school at age 16 and performed with several local bands before moving to Raleigh and forming the band Whiskeytown. Three albums and five years later, Adams went solo, releasing Heartbreaker in 2000. A longtime resident of New York City, Adams is probably best known for his song "New York, New York", which appeared on his 2001 release Gold. He has since released four more solo albums and three albums and one EP with backing band The Cardinals. His latest release, the EP Follow The Lights, was released on October 23, 2007.
Adams has also produced albums by Jesse Malin and Willie Nelson and contributed to the albums of artists, including Toots and the Maytals, Beth Orton, The Wallflowers, Jesse Brand, Minnie Driver, Counting Crows, America and Cowboy Junkies. He also appeared on CMT's Crossroads with Elton John.
“Come pick me up”
“They carved your name into the stone and thenthey put it in the ground,I run my fingers through the groovesWhen no one's around”
“I use to be panicked, but know I'm curious!”
“They don't make coats for this kind of cold”
“I no longer know the author of this book, for simply stopping long enough and writing it down was where I changed from a boy with his eyes squeezed shut to a man with his eyes wide open so that the sunlight might reach my heart despite all that darkness.”
“Note to self: don't die.”
“Can you still have any famous last words if you're somebody nobody knows?”
“Some things were made to be felt”
“While you can fill every heart as your own full of laughter loud as gold and passion quick as silver.”
“I'm tired of living here in this hotel, snow and rain falling through the sheets. In fact, I'm tired of 23rd Street, strung out like some Christmas lights out there in the Chelsea night”
“I kiss her mouth and I know... for everything there is a word... for everything but this.”
“Some people want to go forever, I just want to burn off hard and bright.”
“I've never been to Vegas, but I've gambled all my life.”