Explore Quotes by Bryan Adams

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

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

My father's a character.

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

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'm a complete and utter busker.

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

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'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.'

I pack every minute I can with something to do.

I never had a long-term plan.

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.

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 think I'm better behind the camera than I am in front.

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 grew up with British rock.

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?

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

It cuts like a knife, but it feels so right.

There is little sense in attempting to change external conditions, you must first change inner beliefs, then outer conditions will change accordingly.