56 Quotes by Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, born on November 5, 1959, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and photographer known for his heartfelt ballads, rock anthems, and distinctive raspy voice. Adams's music has resonated with audiences worldwide, with hits like "Summer of '69," "Heaven," and "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)" becoming timeless classics. His ability to capture emotions and tell relatable stories through his lyrics has endeared him to millions of fans.
Adams's musical versatility allows him to explore different genres, from rock to pop to acoustic ballads, showcasing his songwriting prowess and adaptability. Beyond his music career, Adams has also ventured into photography, earning recognition for his work in capturing portraits and live music events. With his enduring popularity and contributions to the music industry, Bryan Adams has become a revered figure, leaving an indelible mark on the rock and pop music landscape.
Bryan Adams Quotes
Please forgive me, I know not what I do. Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you.
Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure. When you conquer negative attitudes of doubt and fear you conquer failure.
Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping-stones to greater experience...When one door closes, another always opens; as a natural law it has to, to balance.
Search your heart, search your soul, and when you find me there you'll search no more.
I feel quite sad for the young musicians coming up because they may never get to pay their rent properly. It doesn't matter what the genre; nowadays, it's so much harder than it ever was.
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.
Thoughts are things; they have tremendous power. Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure.
I like the idea of helping people help people.
Like attracts like. Whatever the conscious mind thinks and believes. the subconscious identically creates.
We were just killing time, we were young and restless, and needed to unwind. There ain't nothing that lasts forever, forever.
Show charity and goodwill to others and it will return to enhance your own life in many wonderful ways.
A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.
There is no situation that could ever confront you that cannot be solved. Life takes on real meaning when you set values for yourself, regard yourself as worthwhile and elevate your thoughts to things that are of God-good. There is a Higher Power. Turn to it and use it; it is yours for the asking.
You'll shoot the moon put out the sun when you love someone.
If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.
There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now.
Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life.
It cuts like a knife, but it feels so right.
With few words, one can speak the truth.
There is little sense in attempting to change external conditions, you must first change inner beliefs, then outer conditions will change accordingly.
Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances.
I draw on my memories but blended with a lot of fantasy.
Caught in the crossfire of a silent scream, where one man's nightmare is another man's dream.
I'm amazed every time I come back to Vancouver at how much it's changed. You go away for a month and there's three more skyscrapers.
People have to go through what they have to go through. I think in some cases you sort of bring things on yourself and that's what you want it to be than that's the way it is.
Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.
What's happened is that the digital age has made photography more accessible to people. Everyone is a photographer. But to do it photography at a certain level, well, there's a skill to it. Still, it's a good time for photography now.
Very sad to hear about the passing of Nelson Mandela. He was a true inspiration for human rights and equality for South Africa and the reason apartheid no longer exists there. The world will never forget his capacity for forgiveness and magnanimity. RIP
When you can see your unborn children in her arms, you know you really love a woman.
She says that her love for me would never die, but that would change if she found out about you and I.
The concept that you are not ingesting rotting flesh sort of sums it up for me.
Don't get disillusioned, no don't expect too much Cause if what you have is all you can get Just keep on trying It just ain't happened yet.
I've always wanted to push myself and move with the tide. That's just how I am and it's worked for me.
Can you lay your life down, so a stranger can live? Can you take what you need, but take less than you give? Could you close every day, without the glory and fame? Could you hold your head high, when no-one knows your name?
One night love affair, pretending we don't care, and now we're left with nothing.
When your world has shattered, ain't nothing else matters. It ain't over, it's only love and that's all.
Out of the dragon's claws and into the fire, there's a moment in every man's life when he must decide what is wrong and what is right.
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 you love animals, don't eat them.
I've never been enamoured by the idea of being a celebrity.
Focus on your music and not technology.
My father's a character.
I think I'm better behind the camera than I am in front.
The thing that was most interesting to me was getting my first prints back from the printer and realizing photography doesn't end with the click of a button, it starts there. Printing is so exciting.
Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs.
Sometimes, you know, bad is good.
Sometimes when I play that old six-string, I think about you, wonder what went wrong.
I'm a complete and utter busker.
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.
The idea of putting out an album is quite exciting because it's sharing your creativity with people. There's no ambition to be famous. I couldn't care less about that.
I'm quite happy with the music carrying on. I've never been one to clamor for fame. It just got dumped in my lap. The ambition is definitely not fame. The ambition is to be creative.
I don't like long tours. I find it much easier to go out for a short spurt every month.
I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it's a good song, what does it matter?
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.
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.
Oh, thinkin' about all our younger years There was only you and me We were young and wild and free Now nothin' can take you away from me We've been down that road before But that's over now You keep me comin' back for more.
― Bryan Adams Quotes
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