BRYAN ADAMS

My father's a character.

I do 100 shows a year, but I do it in fits and starts, as opposed to going on a long run.

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.

There's not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team.

I pack every minute I can with something to do.

Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs.

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.

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

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?

I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.

I've always wanted to push myself and move with the tide. That's just how I am and it's worked for me.

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'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 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 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.

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

I grew up with British rock.

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

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

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 think all my videos suck.

I moonlight as a singer.

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.

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.

I'm a complete and utter busker.