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.
His song "This House Is Not For Sale" shares aspects with the story of the film Beetlejuice .
Shares the same birthday (5th November) with his near namesake Bryan Adams.
Was engaged to Leona Naess.
Winner of the 2007 Q Merit Award.
Engaged to Mandy Moore [February 11, 2009].
(January 23, 2015) Filed for divorce from his wife of five years Mandy Moore.
I have found in black metal the lyrics are profoundly beautiful. . . a,pathos and mythos at the same time.
Fame is an unnatural construct and those who go in search of it are the,least likely to find it.
I was a nervous young man. I wanted to do so many things. And I was so,enthusiastic and earnestly in love with so many things that I tried too,hard. I tried really, really hard. And I made a lot of mistakes. I was,afraid of a lot of stuff. And I kind of feel bad for that person I was.
Part of the joy of music is listening to lots of different kinds of,music and learning from it. Specifically for me, I like writing songs,that move me, and what moves me are beautiful songs on the piano or the,guitar and really, really heavy music.
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.
