“One night at the diner over eggs,Over easy she showed me the length of her legs,But that gold plated cross on her neck, it was realAnd you don't get that kind of money from pushing a meal.”Ryan Adams Carolina Rain 29 (2005)
“Words may move but they’re never moving fast enough”Ryan Adams English Girls Approximately 29 (2005)
“If I had a reed made of lightening I could blow the sax all night… I don't know where one would acquire a reed made of lightening but I would imagine that Bill Clinton has one.”Ryan Adams Live performance 9/29/07- Chicago Theater
“They carved your name into a stone and then they put it in the ground.I run my fingers through the grooves when no one's around,Drink till I'm sick and I talk to myself in the dog days of the summer.Then I feel you coming but I don't know how…”Ryan Adams September 29 (2005)
“I'm sort of planting Post-It notes all over my psyche. Do not skateboard wasted. Do not buy $10,000 rugs. Be careful what you say to journalists. You don't have to stay up until 7 A. M.”Ryan Adams tomorrow is a new day. Blender (December 2003)
“I feel just like a mapWithout a single place to go of interestAnd I'm further north than southIf I could shut my mouthShe'd probably like this.”Ryan Adams My Winding Wheel 29 (2005)