Unearthing buried bits of nostalgia from deep within and spreading the broken, jagged pieces out in front of you like a display of junk at a garage sale.
ADAM YOUNGWriting music is like tasting the sky. It keeps me dreaming in color.
More Adam Young Quotes
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You work so hard at something to make sure that it’s very pure and very genuine and very steadfast to who you are, so creative control for me is a big one.
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And when you’re a perfectionist little monster, it makes it even harder.
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I’d probably go to see Saturn first-thing and see as close to those rings as I can get and see if I can fly by one of them and try and put one of my hands through them.
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I tend to have to just get away from it all, so it is nice when touring to be able to come home for a week or two and close the door and not really see anybody.
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The warlords–of war and peace–destroyed so much, not only what existed, but all those new things that could have existed, if only individuals were left in peace.
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But it’s a blast and I wouldn’t trade the opportunity for all the ice cream sandwiches in the universe.
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They met by accident.
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When you listen to someone sing from inside their head, their same mix, and you listen to their voice as loud as they like it
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It makes you feel cheap and guilty when you didn’t do a thing in the world to kindle the dull burn in your veins or the sting in your eyes.
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I ache with everything in me to make it count, so that when I finally cross the finish line, I’ll hear the words, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.
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It’s a very happy productive place.
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I’m a very introverted guy, so I don’t need to be around people for as long as someone who’s very extroverted to get that sort of social fix per se.
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Writing music is like tasting the sky. It keeps me dreaming in color.
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I’ve definitely had a few moments in my life where I’ve seen somebody and it’s blown me away at first sight
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There is no old Adam Young, there is no new Adam Young, merely different colors and different brushstrokes over the same canvas.
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Wars–and what is war except crime on a mass scale?–destroy rather than produce.
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Life isn’t how you survive the thunderstorm, but how you dance in the rain.
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Their stunned silence was always very reassuring.
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When you write, produce, engineer and mix everything yourself, it tends to take a long time to do anything
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You’ve got mountains of your own, I’ll bet on it. Take heart. Be encouraged. Remain steadfast.
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So for me it’s very good to just be able to re-charge and just disappear and escape from reality and that’s usually when I write most of my lyrics and my songs.
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The vandal that destroys a window causes not only the owner to bear the costs of replacing it,
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And I’m like, “I don’t know. That’s just the way I am.” So if I found the perfect girl she would totally get that and say, “You’re quiet, and that’s the way I love you.
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Tie my handlebars to the stars so I stay on track & if my intentions stray I’ll wrench them away,then I’ll take my leave & I won’t even look back
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Hang on for dear life. You’ve got a better grip than you realize.
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I’m a studio guy. That’s really what I love the most.
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