A biography for Adam Granducielhasn’t been written yet.
“The Heartbreakers were what you imagine being in a band would be like - best buddies and great players and guys who took it all really seriously.”
“Every show with my Jazzmaster is like a new show.”
“I've seen people who like a certain song write on their Instagram what they think the lyrics are - which they aren't. I'm like, 'Oh, that's interesting - you can create your own adventure with some of these songs.' Which is really cool.”
“Everyone hears a song a different way and hears timing a different way.”
“There are so many great records that when you grow older, you're like, 'Oh man, this is the best record ever made.' And you're like, 'Oh it didn't get nominated or win a Grammy.' It's countless, how many amazing, classic American records haven't been knighted or whatever.”
“I like to work hard and I like to work for somebody. I like to stay late and clean up the back and show the boss in the morning.”
“My siblings weren't playing music; I was the only one who wanted to buy a guitar and was listening on headphones the whole time.”
“I immediately felt welcomed, whereas in Massachusetts, I'd grown up there but I felt like such an outsider. Within a week or two of moving to Philly I felt there was something I could be a part of.”
“I tend to think about so many different things on a recording. I'll be trying to tune into what the drummer's doing, trying to keep everyone playing the groove and other things like making sure the piano's in a nice pocket.”
“I started guitar when I was like thirteen. I had a friend whose dad had an electric guitar. In sixth grade or seventh grade I went over and played it and immediately I was super excited by the whole thing.”
“I don't know how it is for people who write fiction or literature, but for me, when I'm writing music, especially with this album, I felt compelled to hold up my end of the conversation. I want people to connect deeper with it.”
“In high school, I was head of the lab. I dumped a whole five-gallon bucket of D-76 on my head once. It ruined all my clothes.”
“No I don't play bluegrass harmonica or anything like that. I don't listen to country or bluegrass records.”
“When I was a kid I was definitely into Neil Young.”
“I love Tom Petty the way a lot of people love him. He's got so many amazing songs, and you know them by heart. They're classics.”
“I never have a clear goal or a theme when it comes to writing an album.”
“I love playing guitar every night, and to be at this point where it's like, the songs are done and I'm happy with the way they are on record, and I get to hear them be reinterpreted by the live band? That's kind of the icing on the cake. It's the best.”
“That little window like 2004 through like 2010 was probably the most, like most inspiring time of my creative life, for sure.”
“I can't just go into the studio with one idea and be all in on that, 100 percent. It takes me a while to arrive at something that feels like it's finished.”
“I try to just keep chipping away at, you know, this little idea you may start with and then work on something for seven, eight months. Eventually it just kind of turns into something.”