Ryan Adams Quotes

I went through a divorce during the 'Seeds of Love' album.

At a certain point in my personal life, I went through a divorce and lost some people close to me.

When I was working on 'Everyday Living,' I was going through a breakup.

Sometimes it's nice when you go out on the road, and you come back, and your girlfriend's left you. You have complete freedom at that point.

The divorce was the toughest thing in my life. It still hurts.

I'll always be sad that my marriage ended.

In the aftermath of a marriage, you feel helpless and hapless.

I had just broken up with my wife so I was searching for another way to live.

I had a romantic, 'Aren't I a good girl?' take on divorce, but the truth is that was stupid.

I was separated from my wife at the time. A lot of people think I wrote it about prison.

When I got divorced, I thought 'Well, there goes my act.'

It was a long time in the making, my divorce. One day became less special than the next, and pretty soon, we ceased all conversation. It is a sad day when you have nothing left to say.

Getting a divorce is always horrible because you feel you've failed. Everyone hates to give up on a marriage. You think your family's broken up.

I suppose I was still optimistic and unrealistic, and I just hoped we could keep going as we were. But no. That was not good enough for Stephen, so off he went. Those were hard times. They really were. But then, I suppose, divorce is always hard.

One of the most painful parts of a breakup is having the feeling that your life is a story, and then the other person leaves and takes the story with them. And you're left there without it. You're left in this version of life that's basically a succession of events and interactions that don't seem to be going anywhere.

My wife left me when I was 28 in real life.

I remember this song by Clay Walker that came out in the '90s called 'This Woman and This Man,' and it was about breaking up, loss, the pain of moving on, and my parents were just getting divorced at the time, so I listened to it over and over again.

Recently abandoned women can be complicated.

What makes divorce happen is that you can't be in the same space any more, for whatever reason - but the love stays. And that's the killer. That's where the vehemence and anger and rage comes from.

I never thought it would end like this. I never thought he would leave me without saying goodbye.

I was married once before, and I stopped.

Music gets us in touch with our emotions in a way that's more intimate than any other art form.

The truth is that she told me she couldn't love me. When she said goodbye, she was saying goodbye forever. And yet. I made myself forget. I don't know why. I keep asking myself. But I did.

The whole "misery loves company" thing never applies more than when you're breaking up. The thought that the other person is doing fine is simply too much to bear.

Actually the best thing I did was to get thrown out by my wife. She's living with a fitness instructor. He drinks that yellow stuff in tins. He's an idiot.