Bryan Adams

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

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

“Focus on your music and not technology.”

“I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.”

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

“I like the idea of helping people help people.”

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

“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 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'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 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.”

“Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life.”

“A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.”

“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 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.”

“If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.”

“I think all my videos suck.”

“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.”