Zitat des Tages von Bryan Adams:
I think a lot of people want to be remembered the way they were, as opposed to the way they are now.
I think I'm better behind the camera than I am in front.
I like the idea of helping people help people.
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.
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.
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.
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.
My father's a character.
Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs.
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 grew up with British rock.
To be a celebrity, I couldn't think of anything more cringe-worthy.
I'm a complete and utter busker.
I don't like long tours. I find it much easier to go out for a short spurt every month.
I've never been enamoured by the idea of being a celebrity.
I moonlight as a singer.
If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.
I've only ever trusted my gut on everything. I don't trust my head, I don't trust my heart, I trust my gut.
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.
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.
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 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'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.
A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.
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 never had a long-term plan.
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.
I pack every minute I can with something to do.
I think all my videos suck.
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.
I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.
I need to be able to rock out.